Vanessa Seward, from sewing to painting

“When I draw faces, I like to capture this rather explosive mixture, in women, of vulnerability and determination.

I see it particularly in Anna Prudhomme, the daughter of one of my friends with whom I studied at Studio Berçot.

I painted it from a photo I had taken.

This young girl has charm and an unconscious beauty that I find interesting to capture on the canvas.

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Vanessa Seward/Courtesy Modern Movements Gallery

“Isabella Rossellini is a woman who inspires me.

Like Diane Keaton, she knows how to age.

You only have to look at her Instagram account to see how funny and fresh she remains.

It's a pastel on paper made from a photo.

My mother is a painter, and I always thought that I could not draw, except for fashion sketches.

But I trained during confinement and it clicked.

I like to paint because I feel free to create without constraints.”

Vanessa Seward/Courtesy Modern Movements Gallery

“Noel Manalili is a photographer friend with whom I was at Studio Berçot…

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