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Saturday, March 26, 2011

Passion in Portraits

During my twenties I got along largely by painting portraits.  My favorite sitters were the ones who possessed a keen intelligence and a deeply felt, piercing passion for something.  The portraits in which I succeeded in capturing that quality were among the best ones.



A student asked me how I learned to do it and all I could think of to answer was: "You can't teach soul."









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