masquerade masks portrait paintings

Revising mini portrait paintings

Since I’m on a roll
revising Halloween paintings,
I figured I might as well keep going.

Meditating girl

Norwegian Girl
acrylic portrait painting

Polka dot scarf portrait painting

Masquerade Masks Portrait Paintings
being listed now

While working I’ve been listening to Simon and Garfunkel’s greatest hits, Songs of Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave: The Good Son, Eminem’s new songs, and 4 part interview.

Last night I watched several documentaries on youtube, and found a slew of artists to follow: Salvador Dali doc, Sparta 300, collection of 825 Van Gogh paintings, Ray Johnson, Peter Blake, Andreas Gursky, Basquiat Boom for Real, Dali and Duchamp, James Turrell & Rachel Whiteread. Yes, I went on quite a YT watching spree, and I haven’t even started listing all the new artists (to me) I found.

I actually binge watch youtube quite often (much more than Netflix) because the selection is so awesome, and bingeing helps me decompress. Most of these weren’t full documentaries. The Van Gogh one was the most relaxing, and I think I nodded off a few times while watching it. I will be watching that one again soon.

Tonight I’m planning on watching The Fake Van Gogh’s Counterfeit art documentary. If you have time, check out the first comment under the doc by Alexandra Zeres. I think she has a valid point. “Have we become that pretentious?” Unfortunately, yes.

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Revising Halloween paintings
Work in progress

Those who have followed me for a while know
I used to paint a lot of masquerade mask portrait paintings,
like, a lot, a lot.
And then I stopped.
Because, nothing lasts forever,
y’know?

Over my summer hiatus I found a stash
of 4×4 miniatures
hanging out behind the scenes.
Because I painted them so long ago,
all were in desperate need of
revision. So I figured,
why not?

Once these are finished,
it’s hard to say if or when I’ll paint more.

I’m trying to hurry,
so I can
get them revised, photographed,
and listed here in my shop before Halloween.
I’m also listing them in my Etsy shop
so these are time sensitive,
and might not last long.
First come, first serve basis.

I’ll be adding more as I finish them,
but these are
one of a kind original paintings.
If you see one you like,
get it while you can.