Illinois based artist Anne Harris has a Renaissance-inspired technique, but there's an emotional realism in her portraits. One of her primary interests as a painter is to portray the complex relationship between other's perceptions versus our own. Her 21st century women evoke a certain self awareness in this respect. This may result from Harris' process which involves studying her own features in the mirror while she paints. Since her early work, her style has become progressively softer and more simplified.