Indigo Geometric Portraits

This artwork is titled “Indigo Geometric Portraits” by van den hooven. It is an abstract representation of three faces using geometric shapes and lines. The artist uses vibrant colors such as orange, pink, green, and dark indigo blue to create contrast and harmony among the faces.

The faces are arranged in a horizontal row, with the left two faces tilted slightly compared to the one on the right, suggesting a slanted perspective.

The artwork expresses the diversity and complexity of human emotions, personalities and interactions, as each face has a different expression and mood.

The artwork also explores the relationship between shapes and colors and how they can be used to create different forms and effects. The background is a light beige color that complements the colors of the faces.

This panoramic watercolour artwork is a continuation of a series on internal human organs. Other artworks in this series include inanimate objects, but this artwork only includes facial features because it is essentially a portrait.

It uses the following pigments: turner’s yellow, cadmium red light,cobalt turqoise, cobalt green, paynes grey bluish*, naples yellow reddish, titanium grey, burnt umber, neutral tint, haematite grey, potter’s pink and Minnesota pink pipestone (catlinite).

The artwork is signed by the artist in the bottom right corner.

*van den hooven has subsequently decided to remove paynes grey bluish from his palette, preferring to use natural indigo instead.