"Those who say that we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look."

- Ronald Reagan, in the Inaugural Address as he began his first term as President in 1981.

 

 

Oil Painting of Ronald Reagan in Progress

40" x 30" Oil on Canvas

tentatively to be titled "Purple Mountains Majesty: Freedom's Light Shining Brightly"

 

 

Facial Detail

 

Above, as of 7/11/05, is how the painting-in-progress looks after 9 months of on-and-off work. See below for some of the early stages.

 

 

Painting Stage One - Ronald Reagan painting in progress 9/06/04. After gessoing the canvas with a gray primer the night before, I sketched a rough outline of the basic objects in the picture and started to underpaint the face, hand, shirt, and sun.

 

Stage Two - Ronald Reagan painting in progress 9/07/04, Here I underpaint the black tux with purple lapels and black tie.

 

Stage Three - Ronald Reagan painting in progress 9/08/04. Here I begin to underpaint the background from the bottom up.

 

Stage Four - Ronald Reagan painting in progress 9/09/04. Then I underpaint the mountain and Lady Liberty.

 

Stage Five - Ronald Reagan painting in progress 9/10/04. I've underpainted the sky as best I can in one session. The rough painting is now ready for the meat of the thing. After the oil paint dries to some extent I will begin on the hand, then eventually to the face, all the while detailing the rest of the paimtimg as I go.

 

 

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