I just finished this year's portraits for the Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame. I completed nine 9" x 12" portraits of the 2010 inductees. Here are a few of the paintings fresh off the easel. It is a lot of work and the only way that I can make the tight deadline is to work on them all at once. All of them are drawn in first, then under-painting is completed on all of the subjects before I move on. I work them up in layers with mixed media. I gain a certain momentum and rhythm as I progress towards a finish, so I tend to marathon it in my studio for many days. Lots of late nights.
I have completed 186 portraits for the Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame since it's inception in 1987.
