Victoria Russell could be said to be the mistress of translating emotions, kind of a medium perhaps. The portraits that she makes are ripe with emotion, usually depicting women in underwear, surrounded by sheets and linens, suggestive of a very intimate atmosphere. It is hard to imagine an iconic person, a celebrity in such an atmosphere, but Russell did it in 2001, when she made a groundbreaking portrait of Fiona Shaw. Yet again, this is another approach to the difficult subject of portraying an actress, but Russell does it fearlessly, from her own angle, presenting Shaw as a powerful figure, even when in her underwear. [https://www.widewalls.ch/contemporary-portrait-paintings/victoria-russell-fiona-shaw/]