Once you notice the way Rego paints hands you can’t unsee them. No one ever holds anything loosely in her work. Hands as big as dinner plates, they grasp and twist at objects and each other within the frame. Rego paints hands in a way that is mythic and sexy and confrontational and deliberate.
Paula Rego paints hands well
Paula Rego paints hands well
Paula Rego paints hands well
Once you notice the way Rego paints hands you can’t unsee them. No one ever holds anything loosely in her work. Hands as big as dinner plates, they grasp and twist at objects and each other within the frame. Rego paints hands in a way that is mythic and sexy and confrontational and deliberate.