I’m excited and honored to share this collage-painting portrait of dear friend, and collector — Patricia Barganier. We met during my first exhibition in Jackson many years ago, and became fast friends… bonding over our mutual love of art, family, Jackson Hole, fine cocktails, entrepreneur-ism and living life to the fullest.
When we decided to collaborate on this project, we spent a great deal of time choosing the perfect source image. After careful review — this became the clear favorite… and, we decided on a timeless black-and-white palette. From there, I interviewed Tricia about her life, dreams and goals — this helped us select the headlines and images. From there? The paint did fly.
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Here is the entire painting process inside of one minute, with thanks to MH the Verb. BTW — if you watch until the end, listen for the first verse… it’s particularly close to my heart.
It begins with collage, gel medium, lots of patience — and, a warm under-painting.
Next? The all-important identification of the shadows… on this painting, there were few deep shadows… which made nailing them down all the more important.
Likeness established, I began to work toward the midtones… you can actually see the highlight shapes drawn in.
A fascinating aspect of painting is the subtle, but meaningful transformation of the process from piece-to-piece. Of late, I’ve begun jumping from the midtones to the brightest highlights — then working backward. This has helped me avoid making tonal mistakes — which is paramount.
And, with a deep background gradient added — from pure black to deep grey… the details in the eyes, hair and mouth — we have achieved completion! Tricia, it was an honor and a privilege to work with you on this painting. May it bring a smile to your face every day — thank you for your friendship, and for supporting my passion. It means the world!
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