Chromacolour acrylic on MDF board. Completed 30th June 2009.

Photorealism enables me to paint people I have never met. This is Neda Agha Soltan the young woman who was murdered in the streets of Tehran. She has become the symbol of the Iranian revolution and hopefully that revolution will bring about a less brutal regime. The image I started with wasn’t very high resolution so areas like the eyelashes aren’t at the standard I’d usually work with, but there’s little I can do. I have searched high and low on the internet for a better image but with no luck. I also believe that Neda should have been awarded the 2009 Nobel peace prize instead of the war criminal Barack Obama.