Robert finished!

Here is the portrait of Robert finished nearly simulateously with his sister, Katy's portrait. Keeping the backgrounds similar was very important since they will hang together in the same location in their parents' living room. Robert is long and lean and this canvas was almost too short to show that! He really needed a longer canvas than his sister but I managed to just fit him in with the same head size! 24x30.

Thanks for looking!

Katy finished February 08

I finished this portrait of lovely Katy over the holidays and signed it in February. Please excuse the glaring sunlight catching the different brushstrokes of the background. The final varnish, which will be applied months from now should even that out pretty well. I varnish with Gamblin Gam-Var by the way. This painting is a companion to her younger brother's painting which I'll post in the next entry. They are both 24x30 and will hang together in the parent's living room. I am very proud of these two paintings.