Missing Child Portrait 40

Portrait of a missing boy.

Inspired by a 1-inch square black and white photo printed on a disposable mailer.

Oil paint and palette knife.



I have become so enamored by the compulsion to make my paint like rivers of light, like veins of crimson, like shards of stained glass.

Should a subject be painted the way it looks to our eyes, or the way it feels in our stomach?

And what sounds can color and texture suggest? What is the sound of this portrait?

And where is this child who inspired it?