I worked all day in my kitchen on this portrait from a photograph of
my cousin Keith as a young man. I have never met him - he is my second cousin and lives in New Jersey. We have corresponded through Facebook.
I set up my laptop with the digital photo of Keith to look at and work from.
I was listening to a mix of music and Radiohead's
Lucky came on with the line,
pull me out of the plane crash, pull me out of the lake. I had to write some of it.
Keith was in a bad car accident in 2001 and is now
paralyzed from the chest down. He is in his late 40's and is wheelchair bound. This picture of him as a beautiful young art student at Cooper Union in the 80's is so moving. It just slays me.
I set up my laptop with the digital photo of Keith to look at and work from.
I was listening to a mix of music and Radiohead's Lucky came on with the line, pull me out of the plane crash, pull me out of the lake. I had to write some of it.
Keith was in a bad car accident in 2001 and is now paralyzed from the chest down. He is in his late 40's and is wheelchair bound. This picture of him as a beautiful young art student at Cooper Union in the 80's is so moving. It just slays me. 
I want to do a full length portrait. I thought I'd see how it feels to work from a photograph and decided to just do a study of the head as a warm up.
I must admit that I cried alot while working on this...
