Self-Portrait at Age 42: A Caravaggio Palette
This is a self-portrait that I did during the course Caravaggio Part I: Flesh Illuminated. It centered on a palette made exclusively of the following Williamsburg paints:
Canton Rose;
Italian Lemon Ochre;
Italian Black Roman Earth;
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Three Self-Portraits: Three Ways to Paint
Control your edges to find the air.
Cleopatra
The time that passed from start to finish was almost a year, but the actual time it took to complete was about 5 sittings of two hours each, the last of which was just me before the mirror.
Water and Graphite, Volume I
My experiments with water-soluble graphite in 2011 were a joyful surprise...
Knight in an Evening Landscape
My second attempt at the National Portrait Gallery competition, which must have been for the 2012 competition. Again rejected. But in retrospect, not my best effort. The portrait of my Dad is a much better painting.
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Pontifex Maximus: Drawings of the Bridges in Rome
Copying Velázquez: Philip IV In Studio
Prior to traveling to the National Gallery in London to copy the painting in real life, I did a copy of it from a photograph. Needless to say, I found the colors to be greatly different once I had the real thing in front of me.
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The Temple
Tempio I, 1998Tempio II, 1998Tempio III, 2011Tempio IV, 2011
Tempio I, Oil on PaperTempio II, Oil on PaperTempio III, Water-Soluble Graphite on PaperTempio IV, Water-Soluble Graphite on Paper
One of my favorite places in Rome to paint…
Head Study of Giulia
A head study made during the course The Baroque Portrait: Discovering Velazquez.