Elliott Dwyer
Through my portraits I present the spectrum of male personalities that I witness every day as a high school student. Although commonly portrayed as impassive, macho, and dominant, I believe teenage masculinity is a multi-layered set of attributes which shines in its individuality and uniqueness. I use realism to create a visual that allows the subject’s raw unadulterated appearance to stand out, layering copic markers and colored pencils in order to bestir deeper colors and values. My backgrounds serve as visual representations of the energy of my subjects, using abstractionism to allow the viewer to interpret the elements of each subjects’ personalities.