I like todays painting. I tend to like the scruffier pictures of him where he's not so perfect. I think this one came from Cool Hand Luke, which I've never seen by the way. Maybe after I'm finished painting him I'll watch some of his old movies.
It's funny - I was calling this one Newman Jesus because it is kind of the same composition as a lot of the Jesus portraits I've seen. Ha! It also reminds me a little of Charlton Heston - I think it's the cheekbones. So yesterday was Newman Bond, today Newman Jesus! I hope no one takes offense, it is kindly meant.
Just a sidenote, yesterday I was looking at some art online, and I was thinking "Wow, this guys work is fabulous, and wow - how does he do such a complex painting in a day?" After reading more about him, I discovered that they weren't paintings at all - they were photoshopped digital art. They really looked like paintings to me. So I wanted to clarify that my work is just the old fashioned putting paint on canvas without the aid of any digital media. The only digital media I use is fireworks to crop the paintings. I don't even use filters on them, as you probably can tell. So that makes me wonder, am I a dinosaur? Am I relevant? I wonder.
