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These are some of the portraits I have done in the past few years.
I work from photos of my subjects, and I especially enjoy combining photos, to tell a story about one or more subjects. I also think it is fun to paint in color an old black and white photo of some one doing something unique to our "modern day" eyes. The seated fisherman found a neat way to show off his prize catch! I like the idea of taking an old faded photo and adding extra details and bringing it to full color, like was done with the portrait of the young girl in her lace and ribbon, turn of the century (1900 that is) dress.
I have also done a series of portraits in the medieval icon style, but with a modern slant. I use gessoed one inch thick wood boards, and cover the gesso with a metal leafing. I paint the clothing over the leafing with acrylic paints. For the exposed head and hands, I pour a layer of clear acrylic to form a smooth surface upon which I glaze acrylic paints to achieve the smooth, almost airbrushed look of flesh. It allows the light to flow through the glazed surface, go to the bright white gessoed surface and reflect back giving an almost stained glass glow to the skin.
To see more of the icon style please click here
all artwork shown here is copyrighted by the artist
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