Oral histories of Hudson Guild community members, recorded while painting four-hour-oil-sketch portraits from life in 2021 at Hudson Guild Fulton Center, New York, NY.

"El Dueno de tu Vida" - Binicia Santiago, The Portrait Project at Hudson Guild

Rowan Abass is no. 31 of 200 free oil-painted portraits from life of Southern Brooklyn residents, with in-the-moment recorded oral histories in 2023.  4.5 hours, oil on canvas-paper, 18x24".

To learn more and to support this community and crowd-funded effort, visit: www.freeportraitproject.org

Housing and Cabbage with rice in Sheepshead Bay - no.31 Rowan Abass

200 portraits in one year of a place through its People.  

Oil-painted portraits from life with in-the-moment recorded oral histories, given for free to quietly upend a tradition of portraiture and recorded history by giving these to people from all walks of life. #WeAreSouthBrooklyn To learn more and support this work, visit: www.freeportraitproject.org

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Housing and Cabbage with rice in Sheepshead Bay - no.31 Rowan Abass

The Free Portrait Project

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