Interactions
Minás Konsolas' new portraits mix a variety of materials on the canvas – in particular, the vibrant inks with the acrylic paints and oil pastel sticks. The infusion of bright colors into his formerly subdued palette of earth tones draws us into each of these portraits. The translucent inks are little bits of personality peeking out under a pattern of textured, gestural brushstrokes (which, by the way, mimic the corrugated ribs of his cardboard portraits from two years ago).
Attendants
Mixed media on canvas
2011 / 30" x 30"
Brooke
Acrylic & ink on canvas, 2012
24" x 24" / Private Collection
Cheers
Mixed media on canvas
2011 / 30" x 30"
Hermonie
Mixed media on canvas
2011 / 24" x 20"
Venus
Mixed media on canvas
2011 / 30" x 30" / Private collection
Irish Wedding
Mixed media on canvas
2011 / 30" x 30" / Private collection
Lania
Mixed media on canvas
2011 / 20" x 20" / Private collection
Lucky
Mixed media on canvas
2011 / 20" x 20"
Clarinda
Mixed media on canvas
2011 / 36" x 24" / Private collection
Michael
Mixed media on canvas
2011 / 20" x 20" / Private collection
Parks & People
Mixed media on canvas
2011 / 24" x 36"
Reunion
Mixed media on canvas
2011 / 36" x 24" / Private collection
Selena & Dan
Mixed media on canvas
2011 / 30" x 30"
Theresa
Mixed media on canvas
2011 / 24" x 20"
What Ever Happened to Joe
Mixed media on canvas
2011 / 24" x 20"
Dave
Mixed media on canvas
20" x 20" / Private collection