Peter Paul Rubens, Self Portrait
This is my copy of Peter Paul Rubens siege portrait painted in 1638. This copy is one of my earliest attempts at a portrait. I completed it in July 1980.
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The Torn Hat
This is my copy of the original by Thomas Sully painted in 1820. He is the same artist who painted the likeness of Andrew Jackson that appears on the US twenty dollar bill.
The Art of Painting
My copy of a Vermeer that he painted in 1667. The artist at the easel is said to be Vermeer himself painting from a live model. The map on the wall is of the regions of the Netherlands. Vermeer painted curtains drawn back as if the viewer is looking in on the artist at work. […]
The Gift of Life
I completed and presented this painting to my wife Meg on our 8th anniversary, May 20, 1980. It is a still life that was meant to represent a change in our lives as Meg was expecting our first baby who was to be born Sept. 4, 1980. Up to this point Meg worked a secular […]
Tribute to Vermeer
I based this painting on an image purported to be a self portrait of Vermeer as it appeared in his painting The Procuress of 1656. I added a copy of his Girl with a Pearl Earring and included tapestries as were common in many of his paintings.
The Laundress, 1761
My copy of the above painting by Jean-Baptiste Greuze.
The Road Bridge, Argenteiul, 1874
By Claude Monet
Regatta at Sainte-Adresse, 1867
My copy of the above painting by Claude Monet
Grandpa’s Shelf
I painted this still life from props I have accumulated through the years. The razor resting on the towel on the lower left belonged to the father of Marcel Carrascosa. Marcel was a former boss and he owns this still life that hangs in his home in Pearland Texas.