Portrait Critique

[Mike McCarty]

Thanks to both Karin and Jeanine.

I think the brightness of the eyes could well be toned down. And I agree about the teeth and lip.

I remember when I was creating this piece I had just discovered Harley Browns web site. Wow, I thought, I would really like to paint like that. All those loose swervy lines seeming to go nowhere but looking so good once they arrived. I have always struggled to be more loose. It's the style that I admire most but my mind just can't seem to let go. It may well be that I crossed the line when I "got loose" with the bottom of this piece. At it's best it would be a matter of "a difference of style", at it's worst it's just goofy and as you put it "unexplained."

Thanks again, Mike