This concludes my year-long biweekly studio blog. Thanks for your positive response to the details of my portrait process, inspiration and career achievements. If you are landing on this page for the first time, I invite you to browse the posts below to learn about my lifelong passion for portraiture.
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On the Easel
This judicial portrait study measures 5.25 x 7" and is rendered in oil on linen panel. The final 36 x 48" painting is currently on my easel. A posthumous endeavor, this portrait celebrates an accomplished fellow who immigrated to the U.S. from Italy as a young child. He worked to pass the bar examination at age 23 and later became special justice of the Municipal Court of Boston. As with my posthumous Bentley University portrait, I relied on my own visualization to compose the portrait setting and used live model stand-ins to achieve the proper drape of the robe. To suggest his story, the portrait includes the judge's favorite type of leather nailhead chair and a book entitled, "Italian-American Who's Who," in which he is prominently featured.