"Mirjana", acrylic on board, by bishop Maxim, 2019

Abstract expressionism inspired by Modigliani. The plain background offers no distractions and allows us to gaze at the model’s beauty and her serene expressions. Modigliani would not paint the model’s eyes because they were too beautiful and too intimate. Elongated, angular lines and the sculptural tranquility on the sitter’s face allows for the possibility of the grasp of model’s personality through the eyes.  The blue color of the empty eyes for this case matches with the blue background color on the right side as if we see the background through the empty eyes. When Modigliani left the eyes empty, it is considered that he then had difficulties in understanding the character of the model. Every model has more characters. For the model having an ambiguous character, he blurred the eyes, or pupils. “I will paint your eyes when I find your soul.” It seems that the model looks at the world while we look into the model’s eyes to get into her thoughts.