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                                        Faces, Time  part III

I've become adrift in my own history.  The sketchbooks go back to the beginning of art school. At that time I drew constantly.  On the subway, at bars (drinking age was 18), at Julliard (I talked my way into the barre classes because The Royal Ballet of London was in town), and pretty much everywhere else. Now there is more painting going on with drawing usually happening when I travel.  
So I've picked the ones that grab me without too much structural considerations other than a kind of hat-tipping to time.  Some people I drew a lot and some hardly at all, although they were deeply meaningful to me.  Some snuck into paint.  The curse of the Piscean mind.

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my brother:
 

My Grandmother (1972):

 


My best friend Indigo, from when we were 15 years old in high school till she departed these chaotic realms:

 

Last day:

 

My Dad, whom I didn't start drawing or painting till he was in the midst of dementia:

 

                                      Portrait of P A Wolff
                        2010              13 X 18           oil on wood

 
 

2 from art school

Willy Lenski:


 


Dan Snow:


 


My friend, Christopher Moyer:

 


                                                   Moyer
                                  2007     40 X 50    oil on wood 

 


The Italians!

Adriano Angelucci:

                                                Portrait of A
                                  2010     14 X 22      oil on wood



 


Claudio Calosi:

                                    Portrait of Claudio
                            2010      13 X 14       oil on wood

 

Linda Selmin:

                                                    Linda

                               2010           18 X 30      oil on wood

 
   

                                                  Victoria
                                   2010      12 X 16       oil on wood


 


2 Italians & 1 Wolff, 3 sheets to the wind:

                                              Portrait of Three
                                 2010      18 X 24       oil on board


 


My circus partner, Donna Orosz:

                                              Portrait of Donna
                             2010          12 X 12          oil on wood


 


2 commissions:

for this one, after describing what she wanted, I replied: "Oh, you want a Rembrandt!"  "Yes!" she said.

                                          Portrait of Debbie
                               2011        16 X 20         oil on wood



 


Ann Evans:


 
                                           
                                          Portrait of Ann

                            2013            16 X 20           oil on wood
 


old, old friend and very first boyfriend ever

                                             Mike Walker
                             2010       15 X 18        oil on wood


 

Mike Hauswirth:

I'll be guessing on the details as the paintings have gone to Mike and his Mom

                                          Mike in his Apartment
                                  2011          7 X 18       oil on wood



 
                                             
                                              Portrait of Mike
                            2011          16 X 20        oil on wood

 


friend through the wars and the wonders

Andrea Bredbeck:


 


Annie Potts, whom I became friends with on a pilgramage to India:
again, guessing on details
 

                                                     Annie
                          2012                  16 X 24              oil on wood


 

Sally Yap, with books & pug:

 
                               
                                                     Sally
                                2007         40 X 50            oil on wood


 


Britt Nhi Sarah, on the lyra where I use to coach her:

                                                    Britt Nhi
                                2007          40 X 50          oil on wood



 
         
                                                      Karen Kissane
                                    2010              16 X 20          oil on wood




 


Steve Zhang---I swapped portraits for Chinese lessons

 

                                             Portrait of Steve
                                  2010      13 X 14     oil on wood


 


That was long---but I hope, if you got this far, the faces intrigued.  Next time maybe something a bit trippy, yes?

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