© Face U/F

A frontal portrait of a bearded man rendered in acrylic on canvas, depicting the subject with direct, unflinching gaze. The work employs a restricted palette of browns, blacks and whites, with visible brushwork that alternates between careful modelling of facial features and gestural, loosely applied passages. The composition emphasises psychological presence through its monumental scale and austere colour restraint, creating an intensity of encounter. Maria Viktor employs acrylic on stretched canvas to achieve this figurative study.