A couple of the least grievous of a series of preliminary sketches for a portrait; to the lovely model I’m afraid these do not in the least do justice.
Pencil, cleaned up digitally.
Tag: portrait
Still a work in progress.
Oil on canvas.
Hernán Cortés, Spanish conquistador, syphilis survivor and bane of the Aztecs.
I am a bit obsessive about explorers.
Untitled (head study).
Based on a found photograph. I don’t usually paint faces in detail, I’m not sure why. I don’t feel comfortable with portraits. It seems invasive.
Oil on a textured background of acrylic paint, acrylic primer, liquid latex and probably about 5 previous failed paintings. (24"x20")