- In Portrait in Three Dimensions, Nin with penetrating vision analyzes and observes Druks in the process of creating. She clearly indicates how the artist draws from her environment-that is, reality-and how this transmutation takes place. In part one, "The Woman," Nin documents reality in the Diaries. Part two, "The Alchemy," is the fulcrum of Portrait in Three Dimensions and the artist's laboratory, where life and art fuse and the physical incarnation of the painter's vision manifests. Part three, "The Myth," is a story portrait of Renate Druks from Collages, based on the documented reality of the Diaries. Portrait in Three Dimensions is a brilliant study of the creative process and an important contribution to our understanding of the development and techniques of Romantic Realism.