The Cut of Confidence, 2018

Reanna Emanouel  

Reanna Emanouel creates intricate paintings which seem to have a life of their own. Much like the fantastical novels of great writers such as Jules Verne or Frank Herbert, her works seem to depict figures which are characters, rather than just models. Each has a story to tell as they wrap themselves up in fine linen or lay half-naked on an open landscape full of life and imaginative colors. Reanna is a gifted painter who takes the medium far beyond what most artists achieve in today's time through subtle psychology, dream-like landscapes, poetic interpretations of motifs such as interactions with linen, and astonishing realism. She invokes frailty and vivid emotion with each composition through carefully choreographed body language and facial expressions. Much like a theatre director, Reanna creates dramatic scenery which convey poetic displays of relationships between characters and their environments or compositions. Reanna Emanouel's brush remains refined, philosophical, poignant, and sincere to her experiences and vivid imagination.