Gwen

Gwen, I
mixed media on Rives BFK, 22" x 30"

Gwen, II

mixed media on Rives BFK, 22" x 30"
Gwen, Imixed media on Rives BFK, 22" x 30"

Two one hour studies of the model who posed for my Mixed Media Portraiture Class yesterday afternoon.

Adam's Portrait

Adam Wriggins at Sixteen, 2012

mixed media on Rives BFK, 22" x 30"

Last Friday I did this portrait of Adam Wriggins in my studio. He sat for about an hour and a half. His Mom, Marian Baker, gave him a gift certificate for this portrait as a Christmas gift. I did portraits of Marian and her older son Dan a couple of years ago out on Little Cranberry Island where they spend their summers, and where my daughter Kaitlyn lives year-round with her husband Cory. My husband and I are heading out there tomorrow to spend a few days enjoying the island in late winter mode!

Another Monday Afternoon @ Barnfire Studio

Talented Kiddos + Props + Charcoal = Cool Wall 'o' Portraits!

Renee with Turban

Renee with Turban, 2011
mixed media on paper, 22" x 30"

The stunning Renee Johnson modeling for my Mixed Media Portraiture class.

Amazing Muse

Scenes from my summer Mixed Media Portraiture class yesterday morning at MECA, starring Robert SanGiovanni; imaginative, spontaneous model extraordinaire! We're off to a fun start...

Imaging Imogen

Judy Dater
Imogen Cunningham and Twinka

Henry Swift
Portrait of Imogen Cunningham

Imogen Cunningham

Self-portrait, 1932

Imogen Cunningham

Self-portrait, 1974

Imogen Cunningham

Self-portrait, 1974

Another artist to add to my Who I Want to be When I Grow Up list...

(My apologies about the spacing - I edit it, and then when I publish the post, it's all wacked. Does this happen to anyone else? How do you fix it??)

Nevermore...

Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December...Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

This flaxen haired model and her gilted painting provided the grist for the portrait making mill in my most recent Mixed Media Portraiture class at MECA.

(...and after today, this November will be nevermore...can you believe it??)