Showing posts with label fisherman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fisherman. Show all posts

Tuesday, 19 June 2018

The Young Fisherman


The Young Fisherman
(acrylic on board, 9x9 in.)

It sometimes amazes me how a painting takes on a life of its own. Anyone following the history of this picture will be very aware that the figure in it had no personality when I started it. I spent a lot of time looking at paintings of portrait heads and thought I knew how the man would look, but once I started to paint, the face grew into what you see here.

It's a pleasure to make his acquaintance.