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Portrait Paintings
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Portrait of a Friend (1-3)
Portrait of a Friend (1) Portrait of a Friend (2) Portrait of a Friend (3)
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Siblings
During our last family holiday, I took a lot of photos of my brother and sister to use as photographic references for my sketches. Since my sister is away at university, we – my brother and I – don’t often have the opportunity During our last family holiday, I took a lot of photos of…
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Untitled
This was the first oil painting that I was happy with, so much so that I wanted to put my name on it. I didn’t want to sign it on the front, so I added my last name as a print on his shirt as a cheeky wave at anyone who noticed.This portrait is of…
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The Regular
The inspiration for this painting was a regular guest at the café where I worked, an obese, miserable-looking man who worked at a local healthcare office and quite obviously wasn’t enjoying his time there.This is one of the acrylic paintings where I finally managed to blend the paint to create the illusion of three dimensionality.…
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Untitled
I usually draw things which I find visually appealing, which is why I decided to intentionally draw the opposite, something I wouldnt find visually appeaing.His face, neck and t-shirt are drawn with graphite pencils, whereas the darker shadows, as well as the black of the cap and hoodie, are drawn with a black coloured pencil.The…
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Untitled
I was doodling little faces when I had the idea to hide a face within a face, which I liked so much that I immediately sketched it and then drew it a second time on a larger piece of paper in ink, taking a little bit more time to put more effort into creating a…
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Untitled
I used to be a regular at a cafe near where I live. I sat down with two other regular guests while they were having a philosophical discussion and I took photos of the scene to paint it later.The bright figure and the objects surrounding him; the coffee bowl and its reflection, the packet of…
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Dining Trees
The painting is a homage to a painting by Matthew Davis, whose colourful pointillism painting has been on the wall of our dining room ever since I can remember.The colours surrounding the trees were applied with a palette knife, whereas the black trees were painted. The background merges into the foreground and melts together with…
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Study of a Bronze Vase
I had the desire to paint something that would allow me to focus on learning how to mix my colours with oil paint, and I picked the bronze vase because it had so many underlying colours I could try to capture.The individual reflective colours within the metal are exaggerated to be saturated oranges, blues and…
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Büste (Bust)
This is the only self-initiated drawing I have ever completed in front of other people. I don’t know if that is the reason why it turned out to be one of my favourite pieces from a technical aspect, however I managed to achieve what I wanted to.The bust is elevated from the background by being…
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Clown for Cindy
I created this piece as a school project, for which we had to create an “additional” piece to fit into a series of Cindy Sherman’s photography. The clown’s makeup is presenting a smile, however the facial expression of the face underneath is serious.I dressed up as a clown, making sure the makeup would look right…
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Unfinished
I struggle a lot with the background and haven’t yet finished this piece. My inspiration for it is the artist Peter Deligdisch, whose approach to drawing is one of letting things be created in the moment. I find it easier to draw or paint when I have an idea of what the finished work should…
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Untitled
I was never comfortable with painting scenery and always struggled with drawing backgrounds. I decided to try a Bob Ross oil painting tutorial, as they had helped many people create beautiful landscapesAfter following a few, I painted one from my own imagination. To challenge myself, I opted for only using a palette knife. I enjoy…
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Untitled
I drew this in school where my art teacher, Herr Schulz, encouraged me to try out new materials and techniques, and gave me charcoal and graphite powder to draw with in any way I liked. It is one of my fondest memories of him. He is also the person who encouraged me to pursue paintingI…
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Portrait of a Friend (3)
This is the portrait of one of my school friends. As a group, we were all applying for university courses that required us to submit portfolios – so we decided to work on them together. The painting is one in a series of three, painted from a photograph I took. The paintings are at varying…
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Holly’s Presence
This portrait of my older sister is very personal to me; I decided to paint a portrait of her, which would show her the way I see her as accurately as possible, within the context of materials, colour and composition.I used a dark, pastos application of the paint on every part of it surrounding her…
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Akt einer Frau
This collection of nude drawings is from one of the life drawing sessions I voluntarily attended. I very much enjoyed the work environment in which nude studies are conducted because everyone is focussed on the same thing at the same time, only paying attention to the shape and structure of the model’s body.Every drawing has…
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Curtain
This was my first finished artwork using acrylic paint, which I had always struggled with. The medium and motif were both due to me working at the studio of artist Hilde Bauer through winning the regional art competition “Jugend Kunstpreis 2019” – Youth Art Award 2019.She taught me the dry-brush technique for acrylic and oil…
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Self Portrait
The self-portrait depicts what I felt like at a time of my life where everything about my future was uncertain. Creating art and finding time for it besides work became more challenging. I fell into a daily life which I didn’t like or want to keep for myself any longer than I had to, but…
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Jugendkunstpreis 2018 Badische Zeitung
https://www.badische-zeitung.de/schuelerinnen-gewinnen-stipendium-bei-der-kuenstlerin-hilde-bauer E Quinn wins prestigious award.
