DURRES, Oct 31 — Albanian artist David Kryemadhi douses his brush with coffee and carefully sketches the face of a cafe customer, hoping the offer of a free portrait will bring cheer amid the anxiety of the pandemic.
Kryemadhi uses coffee like watercolour paints, composing portraits with a rich, brown patina — adding water to create different shades. To find subjects to paint, he strikes up conversations with customers before offering a free portrait. “I find in this painting all my emotions, my torments, my thoughts.”Eva Allushi from the University of Durres explains that cafes in Albania are “an essential form of social life” where people feel free to express themselves.
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