How I Start All My Abstract Portraits

Written By Mike Thebridge
 

With a realist study.

I think it's important to understand the physical before trying to represent the abstract.

If the realist portraits depict our physical self, then the abstract illustrates our mental and spiritual experiences. The two are connected and don't exist without one another.

When I create my art, the portraits I make are collages of abstract, semi-abstract, and realist drawings or paintings. I want to understand the physical first, so that the abstract pieces can relate and work in harmony with them.

 
Mike Thebridge

Mike Thebridge is a London based, mixed media artist. Since graduating from Winchester School of Art in 2013, where he studied Fine Art and specialised in painting, Mike's practice has developed across multiple mediums. His work explores ideas of truth, reality and human experience. 

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