Visual artist Jitrachote White Follow.Art Card

About me

I am a representational painter working across portraiture, figurative painting and still life. My practice is rooted in observation and a belief in the value of taking time to really look.

I am drawn to quiet, everyday moments—a fleeting expression, a gesture, or the way light falls across a face or object. Through painting, I try to slow these moments down and give them space to be noticed.

Working from life whenever possible is central to my practice. I am interested in structure, form, colour and light, balancing careful observation with the unexpected decisions that emerge through the process of painting.

My work increasingly explores memory, connection and the passage of time. Personal experiences often provide a starting point, but I look for something universal within them: tenderness, vulnerability, humour, loss and joy.

My work has been exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and internationally, and has received many awards and prizes.

Ultimately, my work is driven by curiosity and patience in looking—the possibility that by paying closer attention to the familiar, we might see it differently.