Portrait of Richard is an abstract painting of an imaginarypersonpainted in contrasting shades of blue and brown. From my series Facing Abstraction, the originalpainting was acrylic on paper. This series was created quickly, mostly with palette knives. Brushes were used sparingly for finishing touches and to bring the faces into stronger focus. The orignal image was painted in a small 5x7' greeting card format, then digitally scanned for larger format prints.