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-russell800px147x149.jpg?crc=3945912934 "Grandma Russell , 9\" x 9\" Oil on Board, 2013")
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Me and Pharmakon, Oil on Board, 2015
Holding Jane, Oil on Board, 2016
Dad & Judy from Honeymoon photo, Oil on Board, 2017
Dad's Ashes, Oil on Board, 18" x 24" 2016
Jan Riding, Oil on Board, 24" x 36," 2015
Self Portrait, Oil on Board, 2016
Jane on Pony Island, Oil on Board 12" x 16", 2015
Profile Picture, Oil on Board 6" x 6," 2012
T Time 10.5" x 19.5" Oil on Paper, 2009
Pumpkin Time 8.25" x 12" Oil on Paper 2007
Master Connor Vojnovic 12" x12" oil on Board, 2010
Choose Your Axe 36" x 24" Oil on Board 2011
Andrew Symmington Gilchrist 8" x 16" Oil on Board, 2013
Margaret (Mc Fadden) Gilchrist, 12" x 12" Oil on Board, 2013
Self Portrait, No Glasses, 12" x 12" Oil on Board, 2013
Grandma Russell , 9" x 9" Oil on Board, 2013
On the Bed, Watercolor & Gouache on Paper, 2007
Jane, First Day Second Grade, Oil on Paper, 1995
Margaret Ballet, Oil on Paper, 1995
Simon Reading, Oil on Paper, 1991
Riding Aktuell, Oil on Paper, 1993
Dad in Armchair, Oil on Paper, 1990
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I find self and family portraits are a great way to experiment. Nobody cares how I paint myself, ancestors like Andrew Symmington Gilchrist are dead and have no say in the matter, and living members of my family are quite kind/forgiving as to how I paint them.
When I want to paint someone from life, I'm always there; and the mirror doesn't care about how long it takes me to paint the portrait. The painting of my father in his study & Simon Reading were done from life, the rest of the non-self-portraits were done with the help of reference photos.
The last 5 paintings on the bottom row are from the 1990's. The top two rows range from 2010-2016.