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Portrait of My Uncle, Joseph P. Allen IV

My third attempt at the BP National Portrait Gallery competition (2014).  Given the poetic paradox between medium and subject matter (oil-portrait-meets-astronaut), I thought my chances were good.  Again rejected.
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Head Studies from 2013

The following works were made as demonstrations during my 3-hour portrait painting classes every Saturday morning in the Spring of 2013.  For more on my school, please visit the PADASOR website.  If you are interested in purchasing one…
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Netherland

News Update, June 2013 Netherland was pre-selected for the for the 7th Figurativas Painting and Sculpture Competition 2013, in Barcelona, Spain. Netherland is the first completed work from a series of paintings started in the Fall…
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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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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.