Author: jessikah

Talking Portfolio: Episode Six Behind the Painting: Photographer My grandfather, Miles, was a photographer in the Royal Australian Airforce (RAAF) during the Second World War. This triptych was taken in a photobooth. After the war, he opened his own photographic studio. He built his own darkroom, where he developed films and worked on post-production colouring.…

Talking Portfolio: Episode Five Behind the Painting: Colour Blind I am Erik is a study in colour. Because the man in the painting is unable to see the colour red, I wanted this piece to reflect the colours of his world as much as possible. My main objective was to come up with a palette…

Download Video as MP4 This is a behind the scenes video of how I painted Trump (2016), prior to him becoming the President of the United States of America.

Talking Portfolio: Episode Four Behind the Painting: Age I painted my grandmother, Betty, as a young woman in my piece, Family, but I also wanted to capture her as she approached the end of her life. When I painted Timeless, she was approaching 100 years old and still full of life. She had aged gracefully.…

Talking Portfolio: Episode Three Episode Three Extras Behind the Painting: Pregnancy Expectations is a painting of my friend, Kylee, when she was pregnant with identical twin boys. In my Flipbook, you can see her transformation from photograph to work of art. It was her third pregnancy but her first experience with twins. She had number…

Talking Portfolio: Episode Two Episode Two Extras Behind the Painting: Strength The man in the painting, The Boxer, is my brother, Leon. He is one of the strongest people I know and not only on account of his physical strength. Behind every painting is a story, and in this case, my brother was lucky to…

Talking Portfolio: Episode One Episode One Extras Behind the Painting: Composition When I painted Family, I worked from five different passport photos to create the composition. These photos were taken years apart and I reunited a family on the canvas. My Flipbook shows how I transform photographs into a work of art. The man in…

Hi, I’m Jessikah. I’m so thrilled to be able to share my talent for painting with you! All of the work you see on the site is my own. I’m a self-taught portrait artist. I have been drawing faces since I was a child and in the last decade, I began to focus exclusively on…