A proper foundation

[Allan Rahbek]

Originally Posted by Linda Brandon

The best position to be in is probably to have a couple of projects going at the same time.
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I believe that most painters have at least two projects going on continuously.
Some are financially independent by being rich, rich and famous painters, or married to a rich, while others have another job alongside the painting.

Many, here in Denmark, live on welfare and do there painting as there only activity.

The lucky ones are famous and teach.

I am actually not sure if I would want to live exclusively from painting portraits. I would like to keep the painting business as the fragile flower that I nurse and love and not the pair of horses that have to drag me through the mud of life.

Allan

[Steven Sweeney]

Originally Posted by Mike McCarty

Regarding Daniel Greene -- I find that his portrayal of the subjects he paints far less glamorized than most. He instead seems to embrace the obvious humanity of the individual, instead of trying to create a false facade. In the case of Robert Beverly Hale -- the eyes cast down, looking as a man might who's lived a long life. The craggy hands painted not in suggestion, or hidden behind the coat, but up front in detail.

And to the right, the geometric guidelines suggesting some of the elements of draftsmanship. Yet, not eliminated at the end, but left as part of the composition.

According to Daniel Greene, Mr. Hale was in fact in very frail condition when this work was done. If I recall correctly, this was not the original pose -- or was at least just one of two poses -- as Mr. Hale was too weak to hold a pose for any length of time. I think Greene said that Hale had trouble even keeping his hands crossed in this pose. (There