Julian, You are the best figure painter on the planet. This is so strong and beautiful. Eat you heart out Goya. Want to buy your book soon. Keep on, RT
Stunning portrait! I don't see any grey hair yet! Someone's grandmother's advice for child rearing, if you lift a calf every day eventually you can lift a cow.. You get used to any load..with all the worry there is still joy- always.
So acute,so penetrating,so uncluttered portrait.And your head of hair,as with a dreamlike halo of vermilion gleams,wondrously underlines the turquoise blue translucent eye...
You don't do enough of them, self-portraits, that is.
One may not like the way life places on the face the tendency of going south, the wrinkles, frowns, and the sags. But the character shines through and what a mug the face becomes. :)
You're obviously comfortable enough in your own skin to paint your portrait.
It shows in glorious command of paintstroke and color.
Yes.....there is definitely a sort of an air of dignity now that you are a father! I bet your wife is just a little more beautiful ......Fondly, Elaine Halpern
Julian:
That sternness and those glasses have
given you a certain look, much like a concerned teacher looking over the work of his students.
Louis, take it easy on your Dad.
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