Portrait: John

I posted the WIP for this a few weeks ago, but managed to finish another portrait in between (see Pete below).  Well on the weekend I got around to finishing this one of my Dad.  Its his 80th Birthday this Friday, and we are going up for the weekend.  I am hoping to get a frame for this so I can give it to him on the weekend.

Hope you like it... comments are welcome

Have a great Week
Pete

Portrait: Pete

I finally got round to picking up a brush again.. not for lack of desire mind you, its just that byt the time I get home at night from my day job, help Deb out round the house, bathe the little one and put her to bed, I'm buggered, so I just collapse in front of the tele.

I have had this on the easel for about a week or two (along with the one of my dad, which I hope to finish either toinight or tomorrow (wait.. tomorrow is the beginning of the Rugby World Cup, so there goes my painting for the next six weeks - go the Wallabies).

I decided to finish this one as its been around a while.  I am really beginning to like the way I am painting, slapping paint around, and getting away from some of the really tight works I have done before.  My palette knife work has done that.. made me realise you don't need to draw a line for the viewer to see a line..

Hope you like it... Its a painting of my brother in law of a photo I took last Christmas.
Pete