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  Self Portrait          Oil on Linen 24″x 24″ It’s a big birthday, and I am grateful.

My Self

  Oil on Linen 24″x 24″

Button Up

  Oil on Linen 18″x 24″ It’s pretty cold out there! I’m constantly pulling my coat a little closer.

Dark And Light

A quick self portrait.  It’s not particularly flattering but it is indeed, me.

Harsh

Another in the self-portrait series.  This one reflects a moment of angst, appropriate to experimenting with the drama of harsh lighting. Photographing this oil painting was a chore.  The gloss from the painting medium produced not only glare, but dots of shine reflecting the layers of medium on the raised bits of canvas texture, even …

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 …