Category: linda coogan byrne

Over the last few months I have been painting a collection of energy portrait pieces which delves in the energy force within a person and captures it onto the canvas.

One woman said that she felt they were metaphysical portraits and then another woman said the same thing to me when I was chatting to her last week. For me, it is my attempt to answer the essentially metaphysical question of the nature of the mind and the psyche of a person or subject matter and then display it on canvas. It then helps or assists the person in further understanding parts about themselves that may have lay hidden or unearthed. A visual representation and reflection of their inner selves on a canvas, if you will. Interpretive of course.

Nature and indeed human nature inspires me. How we are made up and what makes us who we are. Below is a recent Energy Portrait I completed for a rather impressive litigator in London who works for the UN. You will note the strong use of blue and how intense the strength of the tones throughout the painting depict the strength of the subjects energy.  The rest of the story behind it will be maintained as private between the artist and the subject. As it is a very personal kind of portrait where the subject allows the artist enter into their energy space and draw from it. These particular pieces are such an honour to paint.

Below is another Energy Portrait, this time, it was as if the subject held together moments of her life in her energy field that made up a clear image like a landscape. The red across the bottom depicting a loss of love/life along the way and the calm matured tones and elements reconcile her balance in life.

The piece below is broken into two parts. It was a very beautiful and powerful lady who works a great deal with people as part of her day to day and the spiritual realm as a physic and life coach. When I met her the beautiful tones of maroon and rich auburn and yellow came to the forefront. A strong male energy came along with it and a shadowy memory of Londons docklands in the 1800 and 1900’s. so in essence it became about more than her own energy but those attached to her too.