This is for now Painting

This portrait is one of a series of paintings inspired by a long-standing love of fashion magazines that began in the 90s. Fashion editorials represent the cool, the superficial, the throwaway culture of the time; although short lived, they capture a feeling, a moment, the mood of the time and make it permanent. They archive fleeting trends and commit them to print. That moment right now captured in less than a blink of an eye is everything and worth celebrating. Like falling in love the images of those magazines are full of promise and hope wrapped up in a glossy cover. This painting reflects my passion for consumer culture and the transient immortalised in print. I enjoy the process of recreating something originally intended to be short lived in oil onto canvas, making it permanent and archival.