I continued to work through the audio of Henk Pander's interview. The part that stuck out to me today was when he discussed the portraits he's painted. He said he always tries to paint an honest painting and not only get their likeness but a portion of personality. Citing that to paint a fellow human being is a powerful thing. I've never attempted portraits myself, but it made me think of my fellow art major and friend who paints wonderful and large scale portraits. I'd be interested to see her response to this portion of the interview. It also brought to mind a new movie called 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' that was cinematic genius in my opinion that was all about portraiture and I could see similar sentiments from what Henk said he thinks about in portrait making.
Madison, thanks for the reminder and your great blog posts. I had "Portrait of a Lady on Fire" on my list to watch at Salem Cinema before all this other stuff went down. I'm definitely going to try and track it down in some streaming service.
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