Oil on panel - 1975 - 9" x 12"I did this study of Uncle Bob when I was 23 years old. Back in my early days of portraiture I used a grisaille under-painting and glazed the color overtop via Maroger’s medium. Thus I could concentrate on each element of the design; form and color separately. The result of this was that your eye penetrated through the transparent glazes at different rates of speed and created a three dimensional effect. I used this technique all through the 70’s
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I love this! (I'm an oboe/EH player.)
Thanks for showing us this painting. Wonderful!
I bow before your greatness. Awesome work. Wonderful character. Love it. Love it. Love it.
Thanks Patty! Bob played the oboe as well. I guess they go hand in hand. Being a woodwind man, he secretly longed to play the cello and took it up at age 58. He was also a symphonic conductor and directed untold Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. I got my early music appreciation from him.
(Blush) Coming from you Jelaine, that is quite a compliment. Thanks!
You are a very gifted painter. This portrait is nostalgic and looks more like an old photo than a painting. You do paint light wonderfully.
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