This is a portrait of Katie. She is a very beautiful woman, both inside and out. I enjoyed doing this portrait because her personality came through. To me, the most important part of a portrait is the eyes.
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This is my mother, Margaret Hutchings Slack. She married my father, Lawrence Roy Slack in 1946. She has seven children, thirty-seven grandchildren, ninety-three great grandchildren with three great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild on the way. She’s had a very busy life. Besides raising a family, she’s been involved with her church and community, has been a newspaper reporter as well as a secretary for a property management company. I loved painting my mom.
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Summer is a great time to get out and be with family and friends. Here is my idealized version of that day. I like to portray people with their gestures. They come in all shapes and sizes and the clothes they wear show their ages and fashions. The street I used is in Madison, Indiana.
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This is another painting from Rockport, Massachusetts. Looking down from the harbor wall is a long line of rowboats tied to the dock. I enjoyed the different shapes, angles and colors. The pattern of the image intrigued me.
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Last year my wife and I took a trip up the New England coast. We enjoyed sailing at Newport, Rhode Island, Nantucket Island and Kennebunkport Maine. Along the way I decided to make a stop at Rockport, Massachusetts. There’s a beautiful harbor there. I wanted to find someplace with boats in it and I’ve painted several from that location. Rockport’s well known trademark is a red shack on Bearskin Neck Wharf. It’s known and recognized all over the world. It is the most painted structure in America and has been named “Motif No. 1.” I guess I had to be like thousands of other painters who’ve used it in my art. I had no idea it was so famous when I saw it and only found out about it’s fame when I finished the painting.
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I love the ferry ride from Hyannis to Nantucket. As the boat nears the port, hundreds of gray shingled buildings come into view and dozens of sailboats are docked. It’s such a thrilling sight to me . . . I love sailing and I love the water. Nantucket has such an exciting atmosphere. While there I walk the waterfront to look at the boats and dream of taking a ride. I’ve had the opportunity of sailing from there and I hope to go fishing from there, too. This is a typical scene along the wharf — the boat bobbing up and down and the reflections in the water.
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This is a portrait of my daughters, Jennifer and Sarah. I wanted them in a formal setting. Originally they were in a living room next to a fireplace. After that, I tried to put them in a forest. I realized that those backgrounds tended to overshadow the subjects — my daughters. I decided to keep the forest in the background, but I lightened everything up.
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This is a portrait of Libby. Whenever I do a portrait the eyes are the most important part. I know someone once said that “eyes are the window of the soul.” The highlights in the eyes are what give them life.
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