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The World's Leading Contemporary Fine Art Gallery
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The World's Leading Contemporary Fine Art Gallery
Hannah
Male
USA
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“I try to capture the energy and the spark that make that moment alive for the subject, rather than just a threadbare literal image of what they look like.”
Hannah Male is an artist living in Boulder, Colorado. She recently graduated with a BFA in Theatrical Design from the University of Colorado Boulder Department of Theater and Dance, where she spent her time working as a prop’s artisan, scenic painter, and scenic carpenter, as well as managing the CU prop shop.
Good vibes, good beer, good times.
Currently, Hannah is working as a full-time freelance artist. In addition to her theatrical background, Hannah is a makeup artist, digital artist, painter, and a musician. She also takes a strong interest in history, mythology, and science, and achieved a Classics Minor with a focus in Ancient Greece from CU Boulder in 2021.
Close up shot of a girl with messy hair, green eyes, and a nose ring.
Hannah’s portraits, while still fairly accurate to life, focuses more on conveying the feeling behind a given reference photo rather than the photo itself. She believes that being human is one of the most interesting things anyone can do.
“My artistic journey has taken me through lots of mediums and styles, but I have finally found my voice in portraits.”
For much of human history, but especially in the enlightenment era in Europe, portraiture was just a way to capture the physical likeness of its subject. For Hannah, it’s so much more than that.
“I use my art to prove that despite differences, no matter how large, at our core, we are all fundamentally human. My use of bright colors and soft blending combined with a pop art style allows me to fully encapsulate a moment in time. “
It took humanity longer to develop the peak of our warfare technology from bronze swords to steel swords than it did for us to develop from steel swords to nuclear bombs. As obvious as this fact might sound to anyone who knows the general timeline of humanity.
Serenity, peace, and freedom.
“We have stopped seeing each other as equals and started viewing ourselves as individuals above others. This is not necessarily a bad thing, just a product of our time.”
Serenity, peace, and freedom, but more fun this time.
To Hannah, this represents how much of ourselves we have lost in this rapid age of growth. It almost seems that we are pushing boundaries one after another just to see how far we can go.
Lots of feelings here, but what they are I can't articulate better than he can.
She also holds the deep belief that knowing our own history allows us to treat others better.
Sunken and withered, but surrounded by growth. This one says a lot to me about becoming a new version of you, even when it seems impossible.
One would think that the development of interconnectivity that we have created, a way to talk to people all over the world, would have the opposite effect, but no. It has only made the divisions worse.
The attitude is tangible through this one.
“Much more is achieved by the cohesive group rather than its neighbors engaging in constant civil war.”
Reminds me of a day I haven't lived, but an emotion I know well.
Like-minded people are able to pump each other full of rhetoric which only leads to more division between them and the people who differ. It has resulted in what can only be described as a “you-vs-me” mentality, which has proven itself again and again not to work.
Self portrait, kinda. The model isn't me, but the feelings and the inhibitions are.
Regardless of their beliefs, backgrounds, skin color, gender identity, or any other feature that they feel sets them apart from someone else, the feelings that Hannah paints have been felt by everyone.
I think this one reflects the interdependence of things in the universe. It says a lot about balance in chaos to me.