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Much of the canvas has been covered. The overall effect is established. I am now refining the overall image, working hard on the illusion, the likeness, and adding more detail.
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The art, travels, and squibs of Michael Shane Neal
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By: Everett Raymond Kinstler
About Me
- MIchael Shane Neal
- Nashville, Tennessee
- I am an artist living and working in Nashville, Tennessee. I have been painting professionally since 1990 and have completed over 400 commissioned portraits and numerous landscape, figurative, and still life paintings. Some of my current portrait commissions include: Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Senator and Mrs. Bill Frist, Senator Arlen Specter, Chief Judge Anthony Scirica, Chancellor Gordon Gee for Vanderbilt University, and President Theodore Roosevelt for the Ben Barnes Group Roosevelt House. A protegee of Everett Raymond Kinstler, I am also passionate about the work of John Singer Sargent, Sorolla, Zorn, Johansen, Flagg, Leyndecker, Serov, Repin, Beaux, and Cornwell, just to name a few. An active member of the National Arts Club, the Players Club, the Allied Artists of America, Portrait Society of America, the Audubon Artists, the Cumberland Society of Painters, the Artists Fellowship of New York, and the Exchange Club of Nashville.
7 comments:
Looks good Shane. Sounds like you had fun at the Player's Club. You eeing all that good art makes me jealous. :-) I visited Linda's site and I really like her figure work. Some of the best I have seen in a while.
I am painting a portrait of D. now in her 20's hat. Not as big as your CA man portrait! I will scan & post it when it is dry.
Thanks, C. O.! Had a great time at the Players. You'd love seeing the Sargents, Chase, Stevenson, Kinstlers, etc. Would love to see what you are working on.
!eeing?... ( I meant to say "seeing all that good art)....
I put the portrait of D. up on my blog. Go check it out. Staying busy here painting, drawing and playing keyboards.
Let's get that painting done CHOP! CHOP! 14-16 hour days are for wusses! I expect 25-28 hours!
I can handle that! You know how many hours I can squeeze out of a day. I just added a more recent image. You keep me straight!
Hi Shane,
Nice portrait demo!
Would you say that working on a white canvas from the start was helpful?
Trust you are well,
Mitch
Shane,
One thing ... is this the HUGE portrait that you mentioned on your blog? Wow, you must have used some HUGE brushes as well!
Mitch
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