The Free Portrait Project paints a portrait of a place through it’s people by giving oil-painted portraits to residents of Crown Heights for an entire year, creating a physical record of who we are now amid shifting demographics, it documents our community and quietly breaks the tradition of portraiture reserved only for a wealthy few by giving these portraits… for FREE.
I’ll give portraits to neighbors who may not otherwise have access to being painted, showing commonality between disparate groups all in one place. Local venues and galleries will show the work as it emerges, and the entire collection of over 200 portraits will be held with a reception for the portrait sitters and their families to gather and celebrate their newfound commonality. Thereafter, the paintings belong to them.