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Portrait of Kristen Moldovan

This portrait of Moldovan, a baseball player from Long Island, never got it’s due, so I am posting it now

Oil on linen, 18 x 24 inches, 2021 (painted with the generous support of The Russell J. Efros Foundation’s Sprout Grant)

Evolution of a Portrait

First stage with blue ground and outlines in raw and burnt umbers
Addition of beard and shadows
Broad colors of skin tones laid in
More detailed lights, darks and middle tones applied
Beard and more details added; tones blended to more realistically express features
Almost completed: shirt and background elements added