Portfolio of Some of My Artwork (Portraits)

For the most part, my artwork takes the form of portraiture. (I reserve landscapes for my photography). There's something really fullfilling about looking at a photograph, or a paused video, of an individual, and reproducing it well enough on a canvas or other surface that someone else can recognize the subject. I've always felt that if you can copy a person's eyes into a portrait exactly as they appear in real life, you're going to be able to render a realistic image of that person.

Friday, August 19, 2005

SPORTS FIGURES/OTHER CELEBRITIES





SUBJECT: Dustin Hoffman
MEDIUM: Acrylic on Canvas











SUBJECT: George Brett
MEDIUM: Pastel and colored pencil
(This piece is my favorite, as I think it is the most realistic).










SUBJECT: Michael J. Fox
MEDIUM: Graphite
(Autographed by the subject)













SUBJECT: Michael J. Fox
MEDIUM: Graphite
(Drawing autographed by Subject in silver ink)









SUBJECT: George Brett
MEDIUM: Graphite
(Drawing has been through a lot,
multiple creases are in it)









SUBJECT: Yakov Smirnoff
MEDIUM: Colored pencil










SUBJECT: Glenn Hubbard
MEDIUM: Pastel and colored pencil











SUBJECT: George Brett
MEDIUM: Graphite

MUSICIANS-Black and white




SUBJECT: Tina Turner
MEDIUM: Pen and Ink

This drawing was done for a newspaper review of one of Tina's albums.









Anyone recognize the many
faces of this guy?

SUBJECT: Russ Taff
MEDIUM: Pen and Ink

















SUBJECT: Paul McCartney
MEDIUM: Charcoal






SUBJECT: Paul McCartney

MEDIUM: Charcoal/Graphite














SUBJECT: John Oates

MEDIUM: Graphite






SUBJECT: Paul McCartney

MEDIUM: Pen and Ink

Southern Gospel Portraits


Most of these were done for a project I was working on just after Bill Gaither's first "Homecoming" video came out. What did I know? (I've since repented :-))





SUBJECT: Bill Gaither
MEDIUM: Acrylic on canvas board













SUBJECT: Hovie Lister
MEDIUM: Acrylic on canvas board









SUBJECT: Mark Lowry
MEDIUM: Pastel on paper










SUBJECT: Vestal Goodman, Mike English,
& Mark Lowry (Homecoming video)
MEDIUM: Acrylic on canvas board







SUBJECT: Mark Lowry
MEDIUM: Colored pencil, graphite, &
pastel on paper








SUBJECT: Bill Gaither at piano
(from original "Homecoming" video)
MEDIUM: Acrylic









SUBJECTS: Brock & Faye Speer
(from "Homecoming" video)
MEDIUM: Acrylic paint on canvas board





SUBJECT: Michael English
(from "Homecoming" video)
MEDIUM: Acrylic on canvas board