The Travels Of Richie Hines

The New York-based model is working her way around the world with meticulous portraits and streetscapes that capture where she is—geographically and emotionally. She talks art and fashion with Eliza O’Hare.

- Eliza O’Hare

Your pencil drawings are dark and intimate—how would you describe them?

I’m not interested in drawing someone unless they are exuding their personality in some fashion. So I am not really executing a style ... I am just selective with my subjects. But I do prioritise an accurate representation of whoever I choose to draw, especially if I am drawing someone I know. I’ll ask to draw them more than once if I haven’t yet “got it”; some friends get biannual requests. I aim to capture the personalities of my subjects when I draw them, or whatever moment is happening between us.

Pencil and paper is completely portable. Where do you usually draw—it looks like it’s on go-sees?