Portraits - Set of Six Editions Stuart McAlpine Miller - Lost Lives//Split Personalities | 2020-2021 The title of the series

The title of the series refers to a cinematic technique that communicates narrative through the foreground

When you look at it

invented in the 17th century by Baroque painters and later mastered by artists like Vincent Van Gogh

unexplored themes and sentiments yet to be unravelled and miniaturised

The intentional stillness within the canvas is counteracted with the fluid and subtle colour transitions between the blue and the red

Portraits - Set of Six Editions Stuart McAlpine Miller - Lost Lives//Split Personalities | 2020-2021 The title of the seriesInspired by vintage pin up imagery, film noir and silent films, the artists spring 2018 pieces capture her signature surreal style. To create her characters, Xue first sketches out simple faces before adding makeup, hairstyles, clothes and accessories. She then creates the atmosphere for each figure. Its a bit like when you style a real person! she laughs.