aka kafka

aka kafka by elsh

aka kafka

... homage to a most strange and disconcerting genius.

aka kafka belongs to the following groups:

1 on 1: The Fine Art of Portraiture
  • Paul Vanzella

    Paul Vanzellaworks here, about 1 year ago

    So intense and serene at the same time… Love the shape of the face and what you’ve done with the eyes is incredible. You are an amazing artist! What an unique style you have!

  • kathleen

    kathleenCollaboration Queen, about 1 year ago

    i love your style your characters all have beedy eyes that a way far apart and tiny ears, like a different species of human

  • sjem

    sjem, about 1 year ago

    Elsh, this is an incredible portrait. Kafka is still very new to me, I just finished “The Metamorphosis” – got any recomendations ?

  • Robert Knapman

    Robert Knapman, about 1 year ago

    Great work here elsh. I am a fan. Thanks.

  • elsh

    elsh, about 1 year ago

    hey sjem, i find kafka hard. not in a literary sense but in a get to the point already sense. but it is this element that brings me back agian and again. somehow he manages to build a total sense of alienation and anxiety without divulging much at all. kind of like the david lynch of writing. anyway, all that said, ‘the castle’ still remains one of my favourite all time works of fiction. quite perplexing, very isolating, it questions freedom and fear and sets up a mood rarely achieved by a book.

  • misskat

    misskat, about 1 year ago

    the tones and the shape are just amazing. i think your work is brilliant, love its beauty and expression

  • pwruiz

    pwruiz, about 1 year ago

    This is one seriously compelling portrait. Keep up the great work elsh.
    PWR

  • mgadise

    mgadise, about 1 year ago

    ha ha ha ha ! can’t stopping laughing at the way you describe yourself! you’re such a comedian and your artwork is entertaining

  • Zoe Sadokierski

    Zoe Sadokierski, about 1 year ago

    Your work has such an intense rawness and engagement, I love this.

  • Rob Stanley

    Rob Stanley, 12 months ago

    Love your work!

  • Mel Brackstone

    Mel Brackstone, 12 months ago

    Your work is just breathtaking!! I’m so glad you visited my photo, thank you!!

  • Magda Vacariu

    Magda Vacariu, 11 months ago

    this is very powerful and beautiful.

  • Jacqueline Gwynne

    Jacqueline Gwynne, 11 months ago

    Great portfolio Elsh, thoroughly enjoyable!

  • Jason Byrne (joB)

    Jason Byrne (joB), 10 months ago

    i think you work great!!!!!!different….........

  • Michele Roohani

    Michele Roohani, 9 months ago

    “Evil is whatever distracts” kafka
    great work.

  • Vickie  Fisher

    Vickie Fisher, 9 months ago

    This is one of my favorites! Intense yet so mysterious! What is he thinking? What is in his head? A genius at work…..love it! I want more!!!!!!!

  • gemynd

    gemynd, 9 months ago

    stunning work …..can imagine him sitting in a hallway and waiting for paperwork that will never arrive

  • cecil  mariani

    cecil mariani, 9 months ago

    wow superb! he’s stronger and more handsome than the original potrait of kafka, you manage to elaborate the character of his work into his face. very beautiful

  • Firedrake

    Firedrake, 8 months ago

    Fantastic

  • bluerabbit

    bluerabbit, 8 months ago

    This is a stunner. Very evocative, and somewhat frightening.

  • ToxtethOGrady

    ToxtethOGrady, 8 months ago

    get lost in this portrait
    i’m off to read me some kafka…

  • Paul  Milburn

    Paul Milburn, 8 months ago

    love his curling lip and scrutiny in the eyes

  • Carmen  Cilliers

    Carmen Cilliers, 8 months ago

    Wonderful! Please share your medium with us. This is really striking!

  • JohnScott

    JohnScott, 5 months ago

    ♥ this also

  • mimi yoon

    mimi yoon, 4 months ago

    you’re killing me softly with your songs… : )

  • BoniDutch

    BoniDutch, about 1 month ago

    This is gorgeous. That locked gaze is striking, even in thumbnail form.

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