I created this work in 2020 using Gimp, a free available variant of Adobe Photoshop. Partly because of this, I spent a long time updating and also refurbishing the quality of the work a bit.
The title refers to a film by Roman Polanski. It would go too far to explain the whole film here, but if you want to know more, click here; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ninth_Gate
Somehow my husband has to think of this film when he talks about this work. A certain elusiveness, he calls it.
The colours are soft and there is not much contrast in this work.
The face has been worked on for a long time to give it more depth.
It is a strange combination of elements that somehow still form a harmonious whole.
Buy this work if you want to stand out and have a work you won't soon tire of.
As a child, I could spend hours drawing at the kitchen table at home. Later in life, I enjoyed years of artistic training and although I learnt a lot, at some point I detached myself from wanting to conform to artistic dogma because it hindered me. I.. Read more…