Portrait Series - Portrait as Fractured Mirror - Oil on Jute

The Portrait Series explores the fragile and complex nature of human identity. These are not conventional portraits designed to flatter or replicate surface features—instead, they seek to reveal what lies beneath. Each painting acts as a fractured mirror, where layers of vulnerability, emotional residue, and unspoken truths emerge. Faces are not idealised but dismantled, reconstructed through texture, colour, and absence. The figures seem caught between exposure and concealment, shaped by memory and affect. This approach resists fixed representations, offering instead a space where presence is uncertain and interiority takes form. The portraits are studies of imperfection and intimacy, where the sitter is not captured but unfolded—gestures and silences coexisting in tension. These works challenge the notion of likeness as exterior resemblance, aiming to reflect instead the deeper psychological landscape of each individual.