Ink Wash Portrait of Fei Fei Sun During Fittings 9x12 Ink on Bristol Paper.
Two of three of the Fei Fei Drawings I’m working on. This quiet moment is while fittings were taking place. One of the interesting things about documenting the fitting on a runway show is how much focus changes from person to person, sometimes the model is focus sometimes the model focuses on design, or the dynamic between designer, creative director and stylist. The expressions are natural, simple, and reflect a bit about what is going inside the person instead what the person is trying to project. It’s these moments that I’m attracted to.
Small Portrait of Fei Fei Sun. 9x12 ink on Bristol paper.
I have made portrait drawings and painting of Fei Fei before and I will make a few more shortly. What makes her such an intriguing person is how little she actually does for the camera. I think of her posing (at least when I was photographing her) as difference between acting for film, in which subtle moves convey so much more, and acting for the stage in which actors must project large expressions and emotion to reach audience. With small shifts in expression and body movements she creates such graceful poses.
