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Portrait of Kristen Moldovan

This portrait of Moldovan, a baseball player from Long Island, never got it’s due, so I am posting it now

Oil on linen, 18 x 24 inches, 2021 (painted with the generous support of The Russell J. Efros Foundation’s Sprout Grant)

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Two portraits of my neighbor Mike Kahney

Completed Portrait of a Fisherman: entry for Shadfest’s 2023 Poster Auction

Portrait of Mike Kahney

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Evolution of a Portrait

First stage with blue ground and outlines in raw and burnt umbers

Addition of beard and shadows

Broad colors of skin tones laid in

More detailed lights, darks and middle tones applied

Beard and more details added; tones blended to more realistically express features

Almost completed: shirt and background elements added

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