Half-Hour Portrait

An incredible painter/friend/teacher (you know who you are) used to stress the importance of getting value right in a portrait. Over and over. It’s one of the most important lessons I’ve learned. Interesting how the turquoise undertone in this one functions as a shadow in some places and reflected light in others.

Half-Hour Portrait

I've been trying to figure out why this portrait feels so familiar to me. I finally just realized that it reminds me of an old friend. 

Half-Hour Portrait

Yowza, look at those eyelashes.

Half-Hour Portrait

Love a girl who's sure of herself.

Jack

Jack Brennan, incredible runner, amazing coach, and one of my favorite people. He was my first half-hour portrait ever. (And then a second one a few years later, when he grew a beard.) He’s in a coma right now, but I know he’ll pull out of it. I can’t wait to hear his voice again.