"Abigail in RED," a portrait by artist Nayana LaFond, mourns and reflects on the lack of coverage surrounding the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women. This portrait is featured in the ...

But at 77, she is also being recognized for another talent: painting. Last fall acrylic portraits by her were shown in an exhibition at the Seager/Gray Gallery in Mill Valley, Calif. Titled ...

Nowhere Is Safe” (2020), acrylic on canvas, 96 x 72 inches (all images courtesy the artist and Shulamit Nazarian) LOS ANGELES — What does it mean to paint portraiture without a portrait?

Brown has painted about 600 acrylic portraits ... “I felt like if I can paint them a portrait, that could somewhat fill that void. And they won’t feel as empty,” he said.