Orna Bradshaw (b. 1971)

Perfectly Imperfect, Iteration #8

Oil on canvas

Perfectly Imperfect series depict Orna's take on the "Golden Ratio of 1.618-to-1" former plastic surgeon Dr. Stephen Marquardt had used to make a mask that he claims is "the most beautiful shape a human face can have". The series are iterations, not reproductions, with Orna creating repeated portrait of a computer simulated face of a woman generated from mathematical equation by the wire frame being rendered with oil paint onto canvas through a color range. The series connotate Andy Warhol and although being derivatives of a formulated computer image stylized to allude on one of the most recognizable icons of 20th Century art - the Warhol reproduction, these paintings, each being made by artist's hand defy mechanical reproductions.

(Combray Gallery ref# FA19)