Wikipedia has a good description that goes on to say:
...it also recognizes that behind the visceral image lies an internal life.[1] As the literary critic Daphne Merkin put it, jolie laide is "a triumph of personality over physiognomy, the imposition of substance over surface."I like the same idea applied to art and life. Especially the idea that it takes more than a passing glance to appreciate this kind of beauty. There's interest and depth and maybe it challenges your ideas.
I would like to work towards creating things with more interest and depth. This wrinkled face was partly inspired by the Native Americans from The Revenent, and partly an attempt at something a little more jolie laide.
12" x 12" x 0.5" acrylic on canvas |
12" x 12" x 0.5" acrylic on canvas |
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