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13 Portraits
Belec Tratas was a side project I worked on for years. Both a pseudonym and a body of work with a unified concept and approach. Each painting showcases a celebrity with a somewhat scandalous past. Each painting is meticulously composed with props, people, and symbols that collectively narrate the life story of the celebrity.
Many years ago I took on a bizarre celebrity portrait commission in order to raise some cash for my trip to Burning Man. The person who commissioned that first painting loved it so much that they became a major patron, ordering 12 more paintings,
all sharing a similar concept and composition.
I created this body of work over the course of four years while completing my product design degree.
The commissions from the paintings helped pay for
a significant portion of my college expenses.
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