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Past Portraits

I liked to start the night with a freebie.

Who is looking? — Who is looking at whom, here?

Art — My first portrait at a gallery in Eureka.

Friendships are easily made around portraits. — Quick classroom sketches in charcoal.

At the fairgrounds in Ferndale. 25 minute charcoal

Banjo Guy — Illustration for a Blue Grass poster. Borrowed the banjo for the details.

Gallery model portrait 20 minutes. Oil on paper.

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