Location: Indonesia
Damasus Nugroho Susilo (b. 1980) is an artist and accountant. He graduated from the Sanata Dharma University and the STIE YKPN School of Business in Yogyakarta. He started painting a very young age. In 1991, He became the 1st place winner National painting competition at the Siswa Magazine.
The portrait painting is where a human or an animal figure is made the central focus of the work. Today these works have become like witnesses to history. Early modern portraits were often painted in oil, but modern and contemporary artists now work with a variety of mediums.
“Portrait of a Lady as Srikandi”
Srikandi is a female warrior, in modern times she became a symbol and the role model of female emancipation in Indonesia. Size: 100 x 70 cm, oil on canvas, 2020.
Portrait of wild animal. Size: 111 x 80 cm, oil on canvas, 2020.
“Portrait of an Artist (Flight with Two Figures)”
The flight tells the situation in the plane, and the message of the painting is to keep the baggage closed, helping each others. Size: 200 x 115 cm, oil on canvas, 2021.
Self-portrait with open mask. Size: 170 x 115 cm, oil on canvas, 2021.
Self-portrait with violin. Size: 157 x 115 cm, oil on canvas, 2021.