fanny rush : portraits

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1 fanny rush : portraits

2 Portraits painted by fanny rush 2013

3 Portraits are so personal and so special that I feel honored to paint them, and to be able to do this I think I must have always looked very carefully at faces and unconsciously read them. Everything about a person is in their face: I can t think of any circumstance other than in the painting of a portrait when the face of one person is so intensely studied by another. I have found that it is this concentration that lets me come to know somebody intrinsically, and I can paint who they actually are, not just what they look like. We all hold ourselves in our own particular way, especially our hands, and I feel that the uniquely personal stance of my subject is essential to incorporate accurately. So in the way that you recognize a loved one in the far distance by their walk, I want you to be able to see your dearest people, and for your dearest people to see you, as entirely familiar in the portraits I paint. There is a magical moment during the painting of a portrait when it actually seems to come alive in front of my eyes and say hello to me. I used to find this transition a little unnerving, but now I just say hello back and welcome it. It stays alive from then on and is a friendly presence in the studio, so I m quite sad to see my portraits go. It was only when I had painted my brother Sam Rush, that I fully understood the place that a portrait holds in a family. It becomes more and more loved as the subject moves away from it in time and then it becomes a treasured heirloom: this is just one of the many reasons that I love to paint portraits. I leave you my portrait so that you will have my presence all of the days and nights that I am away from you. Frida Kahlo cover Kevin Ching 18 x 19 ins

4 Sam Rush 21 x 29 ins

5 The Earl of Dartmouth 30 x 42 ins

6 Sunil Bharti Mittal 40 x 48 ins

7 Ella and Poppy 40 x 42 ins

8 Olivia Williams 30 x 22 ins

9 The Earl of Clanwilliam 30 x 24 ins

10 Shane Warne 46 x 29 ins

11 Ian 14 x 14 ins

12 Elizabeth Philion 36 x 44 ins

13 Dr Prathap Reddy 40 x 48 ins

14 Sir William Castell 30 x 42 ins

15 Ajit Gulabchand 48 x 40 ins

16 When I first saw Fanny s work, particularly portraits of people I knew, it struck me what a gifted artist she was. She captures both the likeness and the persona, the portraits come alive as if narrating the story of the individual. I promptly commissioned her. The journey to complete the painting was efficient and effortless and it kept its promise. All those who see it always comment on how much it is me. Ajit Gulabchand The daughter of two artists, Fanny is from London. She travels widely with her portraiture and her work attracts an international clientele. Portrait clients include Nobel Laureate Sir Paul Nurse President of The Royal Society, London Sunil Mittal Founder Chairman and Managing Director of Bharti Airtel Group, India Lord Davies cbe formerly UK Trade Minister and Chairman of Standard Chartered Bank Sir William Castell Chairman of The Wellcome Trust, Executive Director of B.P. and of General Electric, USA Sharad Pawar Minister for Agriculture, India, and President of the International Cricket Council John Studzinski cbe Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Blackstone Group, New York Oliver Stocken cbe Chairman of Marylebone Cricket Club and of The Natural History Museum, London Praful Patel Aviation Minister, India Ajit Gulabchand Chairman of HCC Group, India Michael Buerk writer and broadcaster Kevin Ching C.E.O. of Sotheby s Asia, Hong Kong Shane Warne commissioned by MCC for the Long Room at Lord s Cricket Ground, London Portaits are made using oil paint on canvas Fanny Rush Studio 13 Old Laboratories, Chelsea Gasworks, 2 Michael Road, London sw6 2ad t +44 (0) e fan@tastic.com

17 John Studzinski 16 x 10 ins

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