Ajouté le 26 avr. 2024
President Emmanuel Macron has a very interesting face. I have tried already few years ago to paint him. It wasn't a very good portrait. I was still living in my 16m2 apartment in Paris. It was difficult for me to see proportion. You can't take a distance in that flat! I took me a while to see what is wrong... I knew something is wrong, but eventually one precious comment helped me to see where it is.
I gave a try again... it took me 1 year to paint it. I wanted to be as perfect as possible, that I never have to look at this face again for longer than it is needed :). Emmanuel Macron has a very interesting and charismatic face, but also it is very easy to make from his face a caricature... and I think it was the biggest challenge!
Hopefully, you can see his care in his eyes in this portrait. It is what attached me most to his face.