Portraits 

Below are six main stages in building a portrait from the imagination. Creation of this work involved assuming the impact of four light sources on every object in the painting. Inspiration for this 36" x 36" oil titled "Love V"  came from my Haiku below. A mirror image of the words in this poem are scratched into the painting. 
            Love of a mother,
            Given from depths unbounded,
            Heart forever true.

Stage I

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Stage XIV











Stage XV











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