| The sitter is a worker from Hei Long Jiang. He was spotted on the street where the artist works and asked to model for this portrait.
The Van Dyke cut of his facial hair reflects a meticulous attention to grooming. His glazed gaze seemed at once to stare into your soul but also remained melancholic and distant.
Many of Sai Jin’s portraits have unfinished eyes, like they were left deliberately blind so they didn’t have to face the tedium that is their life. As if it made living easier if one were oblivious to the sufferings around.
The red lips turn like it would become a half scowl, that bud-tipped rage that would follow, we don’t know why and if it would turn thus…. |
