Quiet Night. Oil on stretched canvas, 14x16This is the first portrait I've tried that's come out somewhere close to OK. It's a scene I know well - my husband reading, with a dog sleeping by his side. Our big red chair, the floor that needs a rug, the ottoman with books and papers piled on it.
Actually, there are more books and papers than I've painted here, but I will save those details for another painting. My purpose in this one was to get the mood, and to paint a human who looked like he was alive, and who resembles my husband. I'm pretty happy on both counts.
