Maria Callas
50 x 60 cm
oil/linen 2022
Ante Wessels

The portraits started with Maria Callas. Years ago, I accidentally saw a video of Callas. The emotion and other world quality of her singing captivated me. Her face seemed fluid; it expressed ten emotions in a second. I had never painted a portrait; I decided to paint her's.

I find other worldliness intriguing. Artists may express an aspect of it. I assume we have a soul, which can be in contact with yet something else. And then, being so open, how to live in this world?

Earlier portrait of Callas

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