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These portraits usually start with a shape, a mood, or a spark of attitude. I exaggerate and distort features as they speak to whatever personality is trying to surface. The faces aren’t based on real people; I think of them as humorous, slightly absurd versions of characters, with enough emotion in them to feel both strange and oddly familiar. They sometimes feel personal. That’s why I think of them as self-portraits—small flashes of whatever emotion I’m carrying at the moment, manifesting into a figure. The beauty is the portraits feel open-ended, as if there’s always one more waiting to surface.