ESSENCE PORTRAIT

What if a person could become a symbol?

An Essence Portrait is not a realistic likeness.

It is an abstract watercolour portrait that emerges through attentive observation, presence and intuition.

Each work is a visual distillation of a person, a couple, or a familytranslated into colour, movement and form.

Gallery of Essence Portraits

Each portrait is created through a unique encounter.

No two works are ever the same.

Watch an Essence Portrait emerge

Each portrait begins with a meeting — in person or online.

What follows is a process of observation, listening and painting, where colour and water gradually reveal a visual language of presence.

Essence Portrait in brief

  • Duration: 1–2 weeks process

  • Format: watercolour original artwork

  • Price: from €120

  • Delivery: shipped worldwide

  • Format options:

    Small (13×18 cm)
    Intimate, focused encounter — a distilled presence

    Medium (A4)
    Balanced observation — more space for expression

    Large (30×40 cm)
    Extended process — deeper dialogue and layering

    Each size shapes the depth and duration of the work.

A small portrait is often chosen as a first encounter with this practice.

How the process unfolds

Encounter

A calm meeting in person or online where I observe and listen to your presence.

Translation

The portrait is created in watercolour through an intuitive process of colour, water and gesture.

Portrait

You receive a unique abstract work — a visual interpretation of presence, not a likeness.

What is an Essence Portrait?

An Essence Portrait is not about resemblance.

It is not a psychological analysis, nor a symbolic system.

It is an artistic translation of presence.

Through conversation, observation and intuitive painting, I explore what someone communicates beyond words — a rhythm, a quality, a movement of being.

The result is closer to an emotional map than a traditional portrait.

Individuals, Couples & Families

Essence Portraits can also explore relational presence — the invisible space between people.

What you receive

  • One original hand-painted watercolour portrait

  • Created from a personal encounter

  • A one-of-a-kind artwork

  • Carefully packaged and shipped worldwide

Forms of Presence

Some aspects of a person cannot be photographed or described.

They can only be encountered.

Essence Portraits are an attempt to give form to that encounter — through colour, gesture and attention.

Commission an Essence Portrait

If this resonates with you, I would be happy to create a portrait for you.

Essence Portraits are available worldwide, both in person and online.