In the creation of my portraits it is with great pleasure that I put brush to paint and push it around the canvas to unfurl the individual mood and character I see lurking in the faces around me. There upon revealing, with the aid of colour, light and shadow the flotsam and jetsam of everyday life that culminates in the visage we so bravely present to the world each day. The scrapes, cuts and bruises that so loudly present themselves on the surface, while quietly simmering beneath are all our secret joys and disappointments. The sorrow that stays afloat in the dark blue pool of tear laden eyes. The sweet secret joys carefully tucked away in the pink corners of a smile. Endless tales of endurance raked into the shaded furrows of a brow, all these colouring the story of the individual. Cover it still with the fashions of the day, familiar items of adornment chosen to further define ones self in a specific moment of time and we have expressions captured forever in the permafrost of paint and canvas, the portrait.

I may be contacted at mctavishheather@gmail.com