Germany
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1994
"I don’t paint empathy; I try to make the very act of painting an exercise in empathy. If that attitude remains in the painting, perhaps the viewer might experience it too." Mara Blanco Baumann
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Mara Blanco Baumann 1994
Portraits that emerge from real-life encounters. I paint from life and see the portrait as an act of attentiveness. Through time, conversation and observation, a space is created in which people become visible beyond their roles.
I am not interested in outward resemblance, but in a person's emotional presence. Colour becomes a language that reveals vulnerability, strength and humanity.
In an age of fleeting images, these portraits invite us to look more slowly. What remains is the emotional trace of an authentic encounter.
“I understand the portrait as an ethical and profoundly human act."
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