“Still Life” Series & Portrait Commissions
Statement by JOSEF LEVI
As the most expressive part of the body, my work concentrates on the face. The computer is a tool for exploration in creating greater abstraction in my images with minute squares as its basic unit. Original imprint of every face is preserved even with reduction and flattening of forms to their essentials. My interest is to make each face breathe with a life of its own other than that of the initial image.
The portrait work incorporates identical concepts as my work described above. I create paintings as abstract as necessary, according to my intuition, from 3-5 color photos of the client’s choosing. I title everything, including the portraits, "Still Life with – " as the reproduction from a book or photo is the considered still life.
Ink on Paper: 30" x 22"
Ink on Canvas: 40” x 30” / 50" x 37" / 70" x 48" / 80" x 57"/ 90" x 75”
Portrait commissions, both black & white and color works, are available in the above dimensions. Contact gallery for details.
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