SURFACES

My aim is to capture the uniqueness of individuals and the diversity of human beauty through fine art portraiture. My works are often backed by a story of social importance, and inspired by the master painters from the Dutch Golden Age. Fashion is used as an additional means of expression.

This portrait series is created to generate appreciation of diversity in its physical form.The diversity of body and beauty types is changing the aesthetic standards of our time and with it, people’s cultural and identity codes.

Mostly thanks to social media, much progress has been made towards a more inclusive representation of our differences. Yet our society remains to struggle with acceptance beyond the norm.

According to philosopher George Canguilhem, norms and behavioural codes are not

biological but rather the result of the relationship between human beings and their

environment. Perhaps, through an aesthetic revolution that only art can carry, we can

change people’s gaze.