Painted idol
Pandora Kaaki
1 painting in the series ▪ publishes as @pandorakaaki
Photograph published by @pandorakaaki on Instagram ▪ source
See the workNothing in her face asks for anything, and the painting does the opposite.
Who is Pandora Kaaki?
Pandora Kaaki is a model and content creator from the Philippines. She became known through the modelling photos she posts on Instagram, which is still where most of her work is seen.
She has worked as a brand ambassador for Fashion Nova and for Luxscent Beauty. From 2019 she also made videos for her own YouTube channel: Q&As and travel and beauty vlogs.
This summary is put together from publicly available sources and has not been checked with her. If something here is wrong or she would rather it were not here, write to the studio and it is corrected or removed.
Where you know her from
- 2019Launches her YouTube channelYouTube
- 2020Profile 'Battling All Odds, Model Pandora Kaaki Emerged as a Strong Personality'LatestLY
Painting Pandora Kaaki in the studio
I have never worked out how one image manages both at the same time, and Pandora (Dreaming in Blue) is what happened when I tried to find out by painting it. I did not find out. It is still doing both, and now it is doing it at you instead of at me.
That is the most useful thing I can say about this canvas. It is not a puzzle with an answer at the bottom of it. The two readings sit in the same picture and neither one gives way, and a painting is one of the few objects patient enough to keep them both.
Days at a time across several weeks, then nothing, then more. There was no plan. It stopped when I was done with it.
Pandora Kaaki paintings: what exists
Oil on stretched canvas, 100 x 80 cm, signed, one of one, from Painted Idols. Painted from a photograph she published herself, and the painting credits it. A hand-signed print exists in a small edition that is never reprinted. The canvas was painted by hand from that photograph; what it became is the painter's doing, not hers.
What is still available, and at what price, is on the cards below.
“Something stops me. Then I have to deal with it.”
I wrote to Pandora Kaaki about this painting, as I do to every woman in the series. Not every message gets an answer. If you are Pandora Kaaki, or you made the photograph, and you would rather it were not shown here: write to the studio and it comes down. No explanation needed.
Works featuring Pandora Kaaki
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Dreaming in BluePandora
100 × 80 cm
€950
Dreaming in BluePandora: signed print on paper
100 × 80 cm
€35
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Questions about the paintings of Pandora Kaaki
Is a painting of Pandora Kaaki for sale?
Yes. The one original painting of Pandora Kaaki, Pandora (Dreaming in Blue), is still available. It is one of one and will not be painted again.
How big are the paintings of Pandora Kaaki?
Pandora (Dreaming in Blue) is 100 × 80 cm. The signed prints are 100 × 80 cm.
Are there prints of the paintings of Pandora Kaaki?
Yes. Pandora (Dreaming in Blue) has a hand-signed print on paper, in an edition of 50: printed once, never reprinted.
Did Pandora Kaaki pose for these paintings?
No. They are painted from photographs that Pandora Kaaki published herself. She did not sit for them, and what the canvases became is the painter’s doing, not hers.
