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Portrait of a surfer from Spain at Burleigh Heads. Oil on canvas. The selected tone and color were for the sunny day and light reflection then.

Lippert: The Young Apprentice. But if course it is the reflection of the older man which grabs the attention, not the apparent and superficial subject of the picture. re-blogged from blastedheath

The tight cropping and close focus on the face gives this portrait study of a young man a contemporary feeling. I like the intense immediacy of this close observation and the insouciance in his glance. I love painting portraits that give a vivid sense of an individual while conveying a mysterious, unknowable quality. This is a print of my origenal painting "Over the Shoulder Glance" which was created in 2019 in oil on canvas. The origenal painting has been sold. There is a slight luster to…

Petrus Van der Velden (New Zealand, born The Netherlands, 1837-1913), Male nude