2018

A mask is a face removed from a state of personal ownership into an object of public transferable identity.
A mask is an assumable face; static and dependable without change or ambiguity. While contemplating the subject of the human face and facial recall I started painting the MASKbook series which included more than 75 images. They were produced at a rate of one a day using the excess paint on my palette while I was cleaning up in the evening. This accounts for some of the colors not usually found in a portrait. The formal issues of painting the face were carefully investigated and reduced to basic head shape, eyes, nose & mouth; the metrics relied upon for analysis by facial recognition