The Reader

Oil painting. 16” high x 12” wide.

Achievement in Art award, Professional Oil Representational, California Mid-State Fair fine arts exhibit, 2005.

A study in relaxed concentration. The subject is restful, but the painting is alive with expressive brush work and contrasting cool and warm colors.

Scumbled transparent glazes of orange-brown and cool blue followed by thicker opaque paint and drybrush.

Private collection.

Copyright watermark is not part of painting.