Artist: Nettie Wakefield

Group presentation on artist Nettie Wakefield

http://www.nettiewakefield.net/

Nettie Wakefield's works titled 'reversed portraits' are A3 sized pencil drawings of the backs of peoples heads. 

She is currently working on a masters degree specialising in drawing and she has been working independently on projects and exhibitions since 2009. She currently lives and works in London.

Her inspiration for the series came to her from sitting in a lecture theatre when she noticed the person in front of her had an interesting hairstyle. As she began to draw the back of her head she starting to consider who she was and what she looked like from the front. This series is aimed at provoking intrigue and curiosity from the viewer. 

The reason she chose to focus on the back of peoples heads is to discover how much information you can gather just by looking at somebody from behind. 

The reason i chose to look at Nettie Wakefield's work is because i found the concept of looking at something from a different prospective interesting. I like the way that her work is designed to make you think about how things which normally go unnoticed can still hold a lot of information about a persons personality, and in this case what they might look like from the front.

In relation to my own work, i really like how simple the subject is but it can stir thoughts in a viewer. I love the realistic style and how each individual hair is captured almost as if its moving. 

In the future, for my own work i'd like to find a simplistic subject which has a lot of meaning that makes the viewer want to know more information.