September 2, 2013

Painting in Portugal: Ema



Just spent the last 3 weeks in Portugal! The land of port wine and cork and lucky cocks and other things that made me giggle.

While I was there, my friend (a lawyer from Porto) asked if I would paint a portrait of her granddaughter.

It took me 5 days and I did 80% of the work in a place called Resende—an insanely picturesque place in the steep country hills surrounding the Douro river.

Here is Ema, oleo sobre tela (oil on canvas).