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Entries in Amelia Fais Harnas (1)

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Jul032012

Wine Stain Portraits by Amelia Fais Harnas

DateTuesday, July 3, 2012 at 11:20AM

The Winemaker, No. 3, | 2012 | Damiani Vino Rosso on cotton | 32” x 30” (click photo for larger image)Amelia Fais Harnas began experimenting with wine stains and fabric about a year ago. Her results are exquisite. About her own work she says:

“A portrait artist at heart, I am particularly intrigued by the challenge of trying to control the unpredictable nature of wine bleeding through fabric in order to channel the equally imprecise nature of a person’s character. In addition, the sacred aspect of wine lends itself to religious iconography, reminding many of the Shroud of Turin: one who drinks wine may come to feel a certain level of saintliness sipping on this liquid form of divinity. So, this is a form of consecration.”

The results Harnas achieves are truly amazing--and they do indeed have an iconic, sacred feel to them. She has managed to surround her subjects with a medieval-renaissance aura.  READ MORE...

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