Dr Jordan Peterson

Media: Oil and mixed media on canvas

Year: 2017

Collection: The Famous - Augmented Reality Portraits

Size (H x W): 90cm x 90cm (2 ft 11 ins x 2 ft 11 ins)

I was truly honoured to have a number of exceptionally well-known people sit for me  to paint their portrait and agree to be filmed for a short video to incorporate into the work through augmented reality. I painted clinical psychologist Dr Jordan Peterson, actor Brian Cox, singer/songwriter KT Tunstall, crime novelist Ian Rankin and celebrated chef Martin Wishart.

​I use the AR tech to ‘open a window’ for viewers to get to know the sitter on a more personal level. Each sitter also very generously gave me some personal objects and items, which I collaged into the painting. I then embedded Near Field Communication (NFC) tags next to each object that viewers can hover the smart phone over to trigger additional video content.