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The Wedding Dress – Portrait

Portraits

This is a small portrait of a new bride’s mother in law putting finishing touches on the wedding gown.  The wedding took place  on the groom’s family land in Mexico.  I formalized most elements of the painting, and played up the contrast between the white gown and the dry wood of the shed.  I finished…

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Ambivalence

Paintings, Portraits

A young girl contemplates an enchanted frog prince in this exploration of a young girls contemplation of societal expectations and norms.  Her face is serious, and the toad’s jewel like eye seems to lead into a dark unexplored universe.  The background of willow leaves encloses the moment, and stirs in the breeze of possibilities.  The…