Melanie Blyth, And Now For Something Different (Portrait (2018))

Artistic portraits of children ranging in age from 3 years old to 11 years old. The three portraits of the younger children are bright, bold and in the three primary colour range. It is how young children see the world, colourful and full of wonder. The three portraits of older children are more complex, darker and reflect the change that all children go through as they learn to navigate the world but still with a spot bright colour or the touch of natures beauty. I do not capture portraits for a snap shot of a memory, to capture a soul or personality. I create portraits that are a collaboration between the subject and me that reflects a view of the world as something more than the mundane view out of most windows.

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