Checkmate

KEL

Checkmate
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 48"
2021

This piece portrays the how the political standpoint of a country is orchestrated by it’s leader. Whoever wields the power controls the progress of their people and their country. In the end, we are moved to play someone else’s ideologies.

Faceless Portraits Katrina Liao is a self-taught artist. Inspired by Tita Halaman, she gained confidence to pursue painting using mediums that speak for her — acrylic and oil paint. Through this mixed media, she creates magic through her Faceless Portraits. The artist's pieces bathe in vibrant colors that perfectly fit her personality. A part of her is in her works but alongside her identity, she wants her audience to share theirs too. Her faceless portraits give the audiences space to complete, space to make their own.

Checkmate Oil and acrylic on Canvas 36” x 48” 2021 - This piece portrays the how the political standpoint of a country is orchestrated by it’s leader. Whoever wields the power controls the progress of their people and their country. In the end, we are moved to play someone else’s ideologies. -Faceless Portraits Katrina Liao is a self-taught artist. Inspired by Tita Halaman, she gained confidence to pursue painting using mediums that speak for her — acrylic and oil paint. Through this mixed media, she creates magic through her Faceless Portraits. The artist's pieces bathe in vibrant colors that perfectly fit her personality. A part of her is in her works but alongside her identity, she wants her audience to share theirs too. Her faceless portraits give the audiences space to complete, space to make their own. Katrina's little studio is a haven for her artistic soul. Just by mixing paint and holding a paintbrush, she is able to create new worlds and identites not only for her, but for everyone who lays an eye on her masterpieces. This is Katrina Liao's Faceless Portraits — painted canvasses that are clean slates for interpretation.