Portrait of Lee Martins

Marie & Julian Harvey
Oil on panel
1997

My Parents

My mother commissioned me to paint these portraits as a birthday gift for my father. She wanted both paintings to hang over the buffet in the dining room so I designed them to fit in the space.

 

 

Head & Shoulders

Sometimes it's all about the face. The portrait below was painted on a white polychromed alumnum panel. I built up the surface by carefully glazing ink over a pencil drawing, then enriched and sealed the ink with an oil paint glaze.

 

Roger Samet
Pencil, india ink, and oil on aluminum panel
14" x 14"
1996