Classical Thom Yorke Radiohead Chut les Barbizons, 2025

Bazévian Delacapucinière  

Portrait of Thom Yorke

⏩Technique: oil, acrylic, glue, ink on old book pages on wooden frame 55x55cm ■■ 21.7 x21.7inch⏪ 

⭐Sustainability⭐: Wooden frame is made by the artist by recycling old books. In an ecological approach, each packaging is tailor-made and is itself from a recycling network. 

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Original signed work. Certificate of authenticity included. 

 Protection for shipping (plywood, foam, thick cardboard) 

International Delivery Company – DHL/UPS/FEDEX 3-6days from France to USA. 

This portrait of Thom Yorke captures the haunting stillness and introspective energy that have long defined his artistic persona. The composition is strikingly frontal, the subject’s face occupying the center of the frame with a symmetrical precision that lends the work a quiet intensity. The figure’s direct gaze, unflinching yet contemplative, creates an immediate emotional connection, an invitation into a mind in constant dialogue with itself. Structurally, the piece is built upon a foundation of textual layering: fragments of printed pages form the background, acting almost as a psychological map behind the portrait. This choice transforms the setting into a field of thought and sound, evoking the cerebral and poetic dimension of Yorke’s music. The typography, subtly visible through the paint, anchors the composition within the realm of reflection and creation, where words and image merge into a unified visual rhythm. The artist’s brushwork is expressive but controlled. Fine strokes articulate the hair and beard with tactile realism, while broader, more fluid applications of pigment across the skin suggest vulnerability beneath the surface. The interplay of light and shadow across the face creates sculptural depth, emphasizing the planes of the cheekbones and the subtle downward curve of the lips, a mixture of melancholy and quiet resolve. Color plays a central role in shaping the portrait’s emotional tone. Warm hues of amber, sienna, and rust infuse the skin and beard with life, while cooler shades of grey, blue, and muted green introduce a counterpoint of detachment and introspection. The background, composed of desaturated greys punctuated by delicate splatters of black and yellow, functions as both visual echo and emotional contrast, like fleeting sparks of thought in an otherwise still atmosphere. The overall structure balances realism with abstraction, introspection with presence. The figure seems both to emerge from and dissolve into the text, mirroring Yorke’s dual nature as performer and thinker, voice and silence. The composition’s simplicity, the restrained palette, the centered alignment, the absence of distraction, heightens the sense of psychological focus. This portrait does more than represent; it resonates. It captures a state of being poised between fragility and intensity, intellect and emotion, an image of modern solitude rendered with both precision and compassion.