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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Self Portrait in Clay
Although my efforts are still exploratory, I am passionate about sculpture and was thrilled to audit such a class in graduate school. Early in my painting career I didn't have frequent access to a live model. As a solution, I sculpted small heads from my own likeness and used them as reference for my figurative paintings. Some years ago I sculpted this clay self portrait from life while looking in several mirrors. Because the head measures just 2.25" in height, I chose to simplify form and detail. If I were to continue with the figure, I'd further build up the clavicle and other anatomical landmarks. Sculpting has made me a better painter with a heightened awareness of form and modeling in my 2-D work.