I’m excited to be taking part in the Portraits Exhibition at Las Laguna Gallery, California from November 5 – 28, 2020. This is a virtual exhibition, so all work is on the website. My artist friend Eleni Mokas is also in the show. She was the one who prompted me to apply.

Eleni and I painted each other en plein air almost 10 years ago. It was a beautiful, sunny, warm day. Here’s my portrait of her. I mentioned to her that my friend Ania Szado and I painted each other years earlier. We’d made decisions that made it rather difficult, since she decided to paint me looking at her and I decided to paint her looking at her canvas! Needless to say, there was a lot of waiting around. So Eleni and I chose to paint each other while we were looking at each other!

A little while after we painted together when Eleni was back home in Mexico, she sent her portrait up to me. It’s a joy to see them together on the wall here. This is Eleni’s portrait of me.

I love painting portraits. It’s a great way to deepen my relationship with someone, whether I’m working from life or from a photograph. You can see more images on my portrait website. Some portraits include other subjects to create more of a story about someone’s life. These can be animals, boats, trees, motorcycles, books… anything that helps the person’s character shine.

Please take some time this November to browse the Portraits Exhibition at Las Laguna Gallery, California from November 5 – 28, 2020.