This is a painting of my friend Matt from college days, oh lets say 1975 or 1976. I think we painted each other several times – shortage of models. This is fairly large (30 x40) and was painted in oils. It is funny to see it again after all these years. Thanks to the SCADphoto for scanning my very old slides. It was, I would say, done alla-prima with no preliminary drawing except on the canvas. It was like many of the works from back then, begin and finish and hope for the best. I think I really liked the ultramarine blue and burnt sienna mixture. But I would guess that I had no idea about the colors other than they worked for me.
