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“Sherald paints skin in grisaille and sets her sitters on mint and butter yellow — the world a quiet pastel so the figure can hold the room.”
Amy Sherald
Painter · Contemporary · b. 1973
American painter whose dignified portraits sit in a signature grisaille skin against soft mint, butter yellow, and a cool pastel ground.
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“Sherald paints skin in grisaille and sets her sitters on mint and butter yellow — the world a quiet pastel so the figure can hold the room.”
American painter whose dignified portraits sit in a signature grisaille skin against soft mint, butter yellow, and a cool pastel ground.