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Here's the final compositional sketch for the Portrait of Jordan Sokol. This is a painting of Jordan I started doing sketches for when I was living in Florence. The location is just outside of Pisa. |
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I tranfered the preliminary sketch onto the final canvas which is 72 x 84 inches. You can't see it very well, but it's there. |
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Here we go......starting the big painting. |
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First couple of hours. |
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This is the 3rd day. It's a lot of work laying in a painting this big. And who would've thought it would take so much paint?! |
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Beginning of the Fourth day. |
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End of the fourth day, and it's finally all layed in. I've been excited for this painting for a long time so it's really fun to see it started. |
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Not a great image, but hopefully it shows another stage in the process. I just started working on this again after taking a few weeks off to finish a different piece. |
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Preparatory Drawing for Portrait of Kalisha
charcoal and white chalk 19 x 21 inches
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Progress on the Portrait of Kalisha
oil 42 x 48
more progress photos to come....
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Further Progress
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Nearly Finished
02-20-2010
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Here is the finished painting
The Young Art Historian (Kalisha Jacobson)
oil 42 x 48 inches
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| Their are many elements to this painting that make it significant to me. I staged this model, who is a young art historian, in a gallery surrounded by antiques. Every book, object and piece of furniture is an antique. The furniture is from France and the objecs from Hungary and Italy. This is to try and set an historical tone. I also wanted to enhance the narrative by surrounding her with elements of her chosen field of study. She is reading a book on Thomas Moran, with books next to her including The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed, the biography of J. Alden Weir, the biography of Edwin Austin Abbey, On Etching and Etchers by Joseph Pennell and a biography on Ernest Meissonier. All of these artists are big influences on me. Behind her hangs 3 paintings of mine to show work from my past. In the top left corner is a painting by Giacomo Favretto, my favorite Italian painter, to show where I am trying to go. |
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Working on "Kaaterskill Clove" 54 x 112 inches
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Still Working on "Kaaterskill Clove" 54 x 112 inches
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I have worked out the color, value and drawing in multiple preliminary sketches prior to approaching this final canvas. So I feel somewhat comfortable working more sectionally, and resolving things pretty thoroughly along the way.
"The Loneliness of Waiting"
oil 40 x 70 inches
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Here's where I screwed up the perspective and had to repaint the entire left side of the canvas. This is a good example of what happens when I don't back up enough, and paint too close to the canvas.
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The Finished Painting
"The Loneliness of Waiting"
oil 40 x 70 inches
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