That artist: Brendan Fitzpatrick

Seeing through layers of masks and expressions, patiently waiting for a sitter to relax and reveal the true, the vulnerable, the self, should be rewarding, but I feel that only a person genuinely interested in people can do it. Also, portrait painters have to constantly solve an incredibly difficult problem of finding their style without adding too much of themselves to the artworks. I wish Brendan will continue to keep it going.

You can see Brendan’s works at the @xoloplast auction and at the @pvhalohatch/@nuddhk exhibition (where I sneakily made his portrait; be aware of my ability to do it while chatting with you)