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Portraits from Photographs and Attachments
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Portrait Art
Smudge
5x7 oil on canvasI imagine that art was a means of communication long before the development of language. Even though maps and images scratched in the dirt preceded the works of Rembrandt and Michelangelo by millions of years, the use of lines and colors to illustrate something words cannot describe still connects us to our most primitive ancestors, and today, multi-media art defies the limits of our imagination. My focus over the years has been on traditional oil and pencil portraits, mostly as gifts for my family and friends, but I have worked on commission from photos sent to me as attachments. Pets and kids are my favorite subjects. If you would like me to do a portrait for you, please send your request and a photo attachment to:
Oil Portraits from Photos
Gabby (close-up)
16 x 20 Oil on canvasFree-Hand Pencil Portraits
Portrait of a Girl
Portrait of a Cat
Even though a pencil drawing is the first step for all of my oil portraits, some artists prefer to go right into painting. I can understand why. Drawing is a challenge, and an art in itself, and it takes time to produce something in detail. The prospect of having to paint over it discourages spending too much time, so now I mostly do a quick sketch before painting, and put most of my drawing effort into pencil portraits on paper.
Desktop 5x7 Mini-Portraits
5x7 Framed
Close-upA small 5x7 portrait is perfect for a bookcase, desktop, or shelf. The details are not as easy to get, but I think capturing the subject in an original oil painting this size makes a unique gift, especially for someone who works in an office. My price for a 5x7 unframed is $60, which includes mailing, and $75 for the same size framed and ready to give or keep.
Photographs
Lake Path
I began taking pictures as far back as I can remember. My father taught me how to use a 4x5 Speed Graphic camera (the same kind depicted as the logo of the New York Daily News), and built a darkroom in the basement where we developed our own black and whites. In the years since then, I have taken thousands of photos. My favorite subjects include the New York skyline, flowers, and outdoor scenes. My next art project will be painted from a photo of a farm scene I took for my first landscape painting. You can see that in progress at the link below for skipsprints.com.
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Also on the web at:
www.skipsprints.com
www.skipvanlenten.com
www.i-shorts.com* * *
