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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. Here is…
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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. &nb…
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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…
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Sundown: Landscapes of Rome and Puglia

Sundown I RomeSundown II RomeSundown III RomeSundown IV Rome(Clouds over Rome, from Life)Collection of T. JonesSundown V Rome Collection of T. JonesSundown VI RomeSundown VII NociSundown VIII NociSundown IX Noci(Clouds Over Noci, from…
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Timeless Proportions: Figure Drawing in the Museums of Rome

Titles, from top, left to right: Palazzo Altemps, Hermes 1; Palazzo Altemps, Hermes 2; Palazzo Massimo, Aphrodite; Palazzo Massimo, Hypnos; Andersen Museum; Centrale Montemartini; Centrale Montemartini, Centur…