4 Watercolor artist | APRIL 2019
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PHOTO BY CARA HUMMELT
he best portraits, as we know, do
much more than capture a like-
ness. If we only want to record
what a person looks like (and there’s a
need for that, too), we can—as artist
Jamie Wyeth reminds us—simply take
a snapshot. If it’s some-
thing more meaningful
we’re after, though, it
doesn’t matter whether
the model is the Queen
of England or the
Queen’s gardener, the
truly memorable por-
traits are those that
capture our attention
and transport us—as
only great art can do.
In this issue, we’re
celebrating contempo-
rary artists whose fresh
approaches to the human
fi gure and face stir up
just that sort of excite-
ment. For artist Mary
Whyte (on page 20), that
means capturing an
emotional truth: “I really
just want to create as
best I can the people and
places of our times,” she
says, “and I want to do it
in a meaningful way.
I don’t want just to copy them or do things that might be
conceived as trite. I want them to be as earnest, real and
sincere as I can possibly make them.”
For artist Ali Cavanaugh (on page 28), the model is
usually someone she knows well, making it easier to fi nd
their vulnerability and portray them, as she puts it, “with
a deep sense of awareness, intellect and conscientiousness.”
Because the path to this kind of emotional power can feel
a bit elusive as soon as one actually puts brush to paper, we
went to six celebrated watercolor artists and asked them to
describe what they’ve found is key to capturing the spirit or
essence of one’s model (on page 60).
Whether it’s the narrative power of a Whyte composition,
the daring color in Cavanaugh’s new “Chroma” series or
one of the outstanding portraits among the winners in the
10th Annual Watermedia Showcase (on page 48), we hope
you’ll fi nd plenty to inspire a new way of looking at this
endlessly fascinating subject. WA“
When painting
portraits, a lot of
people say, ‘Why
not get a photo-
graph of the
person?’ Photo-
graphy is wonder-
ful, and it is an art
form in itself, but ...
my portrait is a
culmination of
elements ... a truer
image of a person
than just the ‘click’of a snapshot.
”
—JAMIE WYETH