I’m Olivia Duda, an oil portraitist based on the Isle of Man, working under the name Volaraes.
The work is oil on canvas or panel, built slowly in layers, drawing on the methods of the old masters and the faces of people I know.
Portraiture is at the centre of that practice. The human face is the most demanding subject in oil painting, and that difficulty is the point of my journey. Every commission is an attempt to see more clearly than the last.
Commissions are accepted year-round in limited numbers. Enquiries are welcome from anywhere in the world.
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