Soey Milk
Oils are traditionally associated to portraits made between the Sixteenth and the Nineteenth century, usually melancholic and solitary reproductions of great characters of that time, or magnificent views of almost mythological landscapes.
This peculiar technique, so widespread in that lapse of time, is nowadays quite rare, almost forgotten and relegated to a legendary past.
Nevertheless, an emerging talent has chosen it as favourite method of artistic representation. is a Pasadena artist, become in the latest months a phenomenon in the visual design sphere. Her blog has caught the attention of several experts, and her works have been displayed in many exhibitions: founded in late 2008, her blog, named “Milk Bomb”, is a personal display of her works, updated on a weekly basis.
What with no doubt instantly captures every visitor, is not only the extraordinary skills of this young girl with the use of oil, which make every portrait hyper realistic. As a matter of fact, it is her incredible ability of matching such an old-school method with contemporary subjects that leaves the observer…speechless. Every portrait is actually a fairy tale, a story told about the subject, who is always a fascinating but solitary woman, dressed in a modern and alternative way, wearing unusual stuff or surprising anatomic details, such as totally white hair.
Romance is definitely the real protagonist of these portraits: ladies are always alone, portrayed in elegant mood, symbols of pleasure and agony at the same time. If naturalistic symbols appear sporadically, it is the general dark atmosphere that makes these works unique: past and present match perfectly, and a calm sadness is radiated outward through a genuine exaltation of feminine beauty.
Soey Milk’s short stories are a real force of nature, and for sure this is just the beginning of an amazing career. Stay tuned.
