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Artist Dominique Medici
New York, New York USA
I Have Changed I Have Not Changed
Oil Painting
Artist Statement
When setting out to paint this portrait I wanted to convey 2 main ideas. One is that all things change. The second is that amidst change there is something unchanging. Although the outer form has changed the inner sense, the sense of being and existing, this has not changed. This portrait is about integration. To hold and acknowledge all that was, with all that is now.
On the surface of it this is a portrait of a Woman. At a deeper level it is a story of a personal journey and transformation, capturing the vulnerability of intimate personal struggle. My transition from Male to Female is probably the most difficult thing I have ever done on every level. It has challenged me physically, socially, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Yet at the same time I would have to say it is also the most heart opening, mind expanding, compassion inducing thing I have ever done aswell. Looking back over the last 10 years my thoughts and beliefs and understanding of the world have changed, but the fundamental sense of myself, that indescribable sense of, I am, That hasn’t changed at all.
Dominique Medici is a NYC-based artist specializing in both Egg tempera and Oil painting. She studied in London and has exhibited internationally, including Art in Action, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Christies Young Artist Exhibition and the Society of Portrait Painters. She was a semi finalist in 2006 Outwin Boochevor Portrait Completion and recently received an honorable mention in the 2014 Portrait Society of America members show and honorable mention for portraiture during Oil Painters of America-s 24th Annual National Juried Show. Dominique has undertaken numerous international portrait commissions and her work in displayed in many private collections throughout Europe and the US, including Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness. Dominique has a passion for teaching and has taught extensively both privately and publicly.
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