Colourful and modern portrait of a Geiko or pupil - Geisha. The original is a collage made with ecoline and pieces of printed paper. Because the Geisha's used to appear by candlelight, the face was made white and the mouth, eyes and even eyebrows red. so that the expression was clearly visible.
Art on canvas looks great on any wall. It truly comes into its own with paintings featuring sharp brushstrokes.
My name is Helia Tayebi, living in beautiful historic Delft. Always stimulated and inspired by beauty and this as the main motivation to make visual art. People fascinate me the most, which results in the genre of my work: portraits. In doing so, I use existing or my own photographs. I would describe my style as expressive and modern, yet with classical elements. I work with various materials such as pastel chalk, ink, pen, oil paint and acrylic paint. My name is Helia…
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