Friday, December 31, 2010

Self Portrait in a Hotel

2007, Oil Pastel, 14"x 11"
Self Portraits

Since the New Year is the traditional time for introspection....


Happy New Year!!

7 comments:

  1. I like the way you have your head half in shadow and half in the light.
    Oil pastels huh, I myself could never get comfortable with that medium. Though I've seen others do great things with it.

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  2. Thank you Philip. Oil pastels to me are like adult crayons. I'd been using soft pastel for years and my wife mistakenly gave me a set of oil pastel for Christmas. Fell in love with them. They also happen to be safer to use.

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  3. Thank you, Todd. Greetings from the Waldorf.

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  4. This is fantastic, Ski!
    masterful.
    I never could get the hang of oil pastels. Mine were always too sticky by the time I got to them.

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  5. Thanks, Liz. I've found that I have to walk away from them if they get too sticky. Sometimes it becomes a little like sculpting.

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