92 x 122 cm | 36 x 48 in
Subject: People
Tags: Self-Portrait, Feminine, Skin Tone
Original painting in oil on canvas.
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Lisa Scrimgeour homes in on the most expressive features of human vulnerability. Eyes, noses, mouths – each conveying our innermost thoughts and feelings. The canvas becomes a showcase of human emotion, Scrimgeour balancing realism and a juxtaposition of colours that nod to the sweetened and sanitised false fronts we may sometimes put on. Pastels and pinks merge gleefully with both ruddy browns and luxuriant honey golds. Textures and solvents smudge down faces like old clown paint, with the subjects’ jaded faces lying somewhere in between. The resulting images create something bold and unsettling, reminiscent of a long day at the circus – including the sugar-highs, nausea and excitement that come along with it.
Scrimgeour has many works held in public collections across Dundee, Scotland, and has been spotlighted in the Guardian and Elle Decoration as an ‘Artist to Invest In’. Based in Perth, Scrimgeour has a distinctive style: part delightful, part devilish, and always intriguing.