CRAIG WADDELL

Portraits of Jessie Cacchillo

These works are based on Waddell's wife and his desire to explore and document her many facets. They have evolved gradually from a number of studio sittings. Painted over several sittings the surface tension builds with each vigorous application of paint.

Waddell often works this way providing a topographical interpretation of the sitter rather than the stiffness rendered by a traditional portrait.

The paint is caught in motion as he searches for the truth buried within the surface, excavating creases and crevices to reveal the landscape of the soul; subtle evocations of his own rural umbilical connection.

Tathra Witherow

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