No 1 Transcendence Series 1 Print

Makiwa's portrait paintings are inspired by the human face and emotional expressions. Working quickly and mostly spontaneously, the artist throws paint onto the canvas, scraping off every now and then before adding more paint. While the artist usually starts off with a photo reference, the final painting often takes a life of it's own, very different from the photograph. The Artist allows the painting to reveal itself and choose it's own identity, so to speak. "I want the final portraits to stand alone and tell their own story without me being judgmental or constrained by the photograph."