portrait art
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The Utilitarianism Series explores aspects of human behavior. I chose to focus on serial killers because they often display a lack of empathy and guilt, and tend to become highly self-centered individuals. These traits are what categorize certain serial killers as psychopaths. Interestingly, serial killers frequently wear a metaphorical “mask of sanity” to conceal their true psychopathic nature and can come across as normal and even charming. It’s fascinating to see how these behaviors, which we sometimes conceal within ourselves, are reflected in such extreme cases.
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In 1990 #Texas, USA, a runaway teenage girl was kidnapped, tortured, and killed. She was terrified and made to pose in front of and inside an old barn before her murder by a serial killer. She was 14.
Utilitarianism Series: The Last Victim
2020
Watercolor on paper
12 x 9 in.
Price: Not for Sale
📷: Serial killer
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“พวกเธอต้องเรียนรู้ความเป็นมนุษย์ก่อนถึงจะเรียนศิลปะ” (To truly understand art, it is important to first gain a deeper understanding of humanity.) — Silpa Bhirasri
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Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world.
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“You are a light. You are the light. Never let anyone — any person or any force — dampen, dim or diminish your light … Release the need to hate, to harbor division, and the enticement of revenge. Release all bitterness. Hold only love, only peace in your heart, knowing that the battle of good to overcome evil is already won.” — John Lewis
John Lewis
2020
Watercolor on paper
12 x 9 in
Price: Not for Sale
📷: Unknown
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“An original is a creation motivated by desire. Any reproduction of an original is motivated by necessity. The original is the result of an automatic process, the reproduction, of a mechanical process. In other words: Inspiration then information; each validates the other. All other considerations are beyond the scope of these statements. It is marvelous that we are the only species that creates gratuitous forms. To create is divine, to reproduce is human.” — Man Ray
Man Ray (1890-1976)
Portrait of Kiki
1923
Oil on canvas
24 1/8 x 18 in.
Price realised
USD 1,623,000