Portraits and Still Life

This weekend I had the immense pleasure of interviewing the talented and acclaimed artist Jean Pederson of Calgary, AB.

Pederson's book - Expressive Portraits was released just a few months ago, and is worthwhile picking up - for the beginner or intermediate portrait artist it is a goldmine.

Having won many awards for her work, but particularly with her portrait work, she focused on portraits when the publisher asked her to write a book for them to publish.
After several years of discussion, editing, etc., the book was finally in stores in January of this year.

For an in-depth article about this friendly, knowledgeable and very talented artist, watch for the the article in the next issue of Canadian Brushstroke Magazine - www.brushstrokemagazine.com . The issue will be released at the end of the first week in May.

Although I am working on a series of still life paintings right now, I took today 'off' from still life and worked on a portrait I am preparing for a fall show.

The model is exceptional and it was a lovely afternoon. This is the fourth sitting and I expect I will need to have two more sittings before the painting is complete.

At any rate, while this layer dries for the next week or so, I'll get back to the still life paintings.
I should have another still life to show you in a day or two.