One small step for a portrait…

...and one giant leap for portraiture!

The origins of allegorical portraiture

Though a much-demeaned genre, painted portraiture has always had its defenders, in the name of both its money-making potential and its ability to tell an important story.

A Native American George Washington

A study in “inhabiting the enemy.”

Words, words, words…

Using words with images is tricky.

On causing revolution

Art should be good-looking, but it should do more than decorate…it should invigorate.

On being part of the transitional generation

There’s a whole lot more going on between first and second generation Americans than simply a change in location recorded on birth certificates. 

Liberty wanting you to choose her for your team

I usually include a self-portrait in any conceptual series I am working on, and Apple Pie is no exception.

What is the value of art?

Rosie had some idea, but Raha The Riveter knows for sure. 

Chú Xam, a Vietnamese-American Uncle Sam

For every portrait I paint, I work from photos I take of my subjects during the course of an interview. For Apple Pie, these photo sessions took a new shape since, as we talked, the subjects tried on different characters. 

This looks like a job for a chicano!

Completed today, another painting from Apple Pie, my upcoming series about what it means to be an American. Most of the subjects in the series are first and second generation American, and Luis falls into this category. 

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