Sachiko, oil portrait

Sachiko, a Japanese woman in her mid 60s who is a punk grandmother: tall white liberty-spike mohawk, laugh lines, small silver nose ring, reading glasses on a beaded chain, a black studded leather biker jacket covered in patches worn over a cream knitted cardigan with pearl buttons, plaid skirt, Dr. Martens boots. As a 17th-century Dutch oil painting portrait, same face, a white ruff collar over her studded leather jacket, her mohawk painted in fine brushwork, dark background, Rembrandt lighting, visible canvas texture and craquelure. The oil painting comes to life: Sachiko leans out of the frame towards the viewer, paint cracking off her ruff, and spikes her mohawk up with one hand; the camera pushes in fast, then whips back as the painted background swirls into motion.