Oil
Portraits & Paintings
Oil is the most traditional
and durable of the mediums for portraiture. I use only fine artist's paints
and supplies of the highest quality for all my portraits. An oil portrait
may be painted on stretched canvas or linen or on a wooden panel. Painting
the oil portrait on a panel offers the advantage of being lightweight
while impervious to humidity changes.
Oil portraits are
framed with a simple frame, with no mat or glass. To create the effect
of a mat, a linen liner can be used inside the frame. You may opt to hang
the canvas unframed - I will paint the edges of the canvas so that it
will look great without a frame. Almost all of my oil portraits on canvas
are painted on "gallery wrap" canvas so that there are no staples
visible anywhere.
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Acrylic
Paintings& Portraits
Acrylic paint is a
wonderful medium. Portraits can be painted in acrylics and framed like
oils with no mat or glass, or the portrait can be painted on paper like
a watercolor. My style in acrylics is more impressionist than it is in
any of the other media. An acrylic portrait is archival.
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Watercolor
Portraits & Paintings
Watercolor is the
least durable medium, and should not be exposed to direct sunlight as
from a window, etc. Watercolor offers a translucency that is not available
with any other medium. I use only artist's quality professional watercolors
to create my paintings.
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