Original Oil Painting Babe

Babe

Commission Portrait

Original Oil Painting Murphy

Murphy

Commission Portrait

14" x 11"

Painted on stretch canvas 

Original Oil Painting Retired Preacher

Retired Preacher

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9" x 12"

Painted on ampersand gessobord.

Hands down this is the hardest portrait I have painted up til now. I had to paint with little dabs of color most of the time. The preacher has such a wonderful, rich, character face that I did not want to miss any of the rich colors. Because of all the red and warm colors I will wait to post it on daily paint works. It will take a couple weeks at least to dry.

Original Oil Painting Jeff

Jeff

9" x 12"

Painted on gessobord.

I have been working on two paintings at once. The portrait you see here and the Orange and Egg painting above. There are a lot of similar techniques you use in both still life and portrait painting. I was trying to focus on receding colors and advancing colors. Even thou Jeff's face has a warm shadow, I used cool colors to show receding colors on the lighted half of his face and warm colors to show advancing colors. I also try to show reflective background color on both sides where the face recedes. 

Original Oil Painting Rancher

 Rancher

9" x 12"

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This is a portrait painting for a class using a photo as a reference. I like the satisfied look the rancher has.