Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Portraits 79 & 80/100

 









Many thanks to Karen for asking me to paint her family. I almost feel that I know them! These are the parents in oil paint on 8x10 panel. We settled on this background color so that the portrait would fit with the 3 others, all of which have colorful backgrounds.

And here are some process shots:



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