Facelift

It’s been many years since I’ve worked on a self portrait.  It was time.  I’ve decided on a limited series, in order  to experiment.  This first oil painting is pretty straight forward, but distortions abound.   It’s a manual facelift.  Here’s the progression.  The changes in expression are awfully funny, (at least to me).  I’ve […]

Oil Portraits for Pause

I thought you might be curious about the origins of the Pause final prints.  Below are the oil paintings that are the basis for the final photo print distortions, thus far.  Different from paintings as an end product, these paintings are literally a means to an end; serving multiple manipulations and the final photographic prints.