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DAPHNE CONFAR Daphne Confar paints intimate portraits of idiosyncratic characters, most often using oils applied to a wood block, giving the work the presence of a three-dimensional object. Confar places her subjects in austere landscapes, or the most minimal interiors, focusing attention on her exquisite and sensitive rendering of their sometimes imperfect features. These are ordinary folks with whom we become acquainted through Confar’s descriptive titles such as, “Kurt awaits the spring thaw,” “What was Edwin doing here?,” and “May is pleasant enough.” Often the artist gold leafs the edges of the blocks, thus imparting her subjects with a sense of sainthood and divinity as found in Medieval and Renaissance icons. Confar has gallery affiliations on the west and east coasts, with recent exhibitions at Peter Blake Gallery in Laguna Beach, CA, and the Pepper Gallery in Boston, MA. She holds a B.F.A. from the Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, as well as both a M.F.A. and M.A. from Boston University, where she won the Dean’s Scholar Award, and the Constantin Alajalov Award. Click on image for larger view
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