Fred Vincent portrait - oil painting

Fred Vincent portrait

Created in May 2023 this portrait painting was based on a photo taken the previous year. The painting measures 20” x 16” using oils on mounting board. This is the second painting of the subject, with the earlier one (subject holding book) done in late 2022 through to early 2023. The earlier painting was bigger at 33” x 23” in size. The one above can be seen on this link while the earlier one is at the bottom of the post.
The sitter describes himself and his work...
“Fred Vincent was born about half a century ago in Marseilles but has noble ascendance: De Villiers, De Flotte and Grimaldi are amongst the prestigious names from his ancestors. His family is also linked to Marcel Pagnol well known for ''Manon des Sources". Qualified as a mfl teacher in Southampton University, he has spent 10 years in the city of the Titanic where he hold thriving cultural events mixing all sorts of artists: Giaco, Adrian Boswell, Francis Martin, Barry Davis, Martin Davey, Julien Masson, Jonathan Fashole Luke,  Arnie Cottrell, Leo Bridle, Stephen Boyce and Sally Bibb at Peter Rhodes Bookshop and The Art House. He then went back to France for Brexit reasons but kept returning to England to pursue the artistic flame. He nowadays writes colourful poems in http://welovewords.com/collections/anglais and perform them in the Théâtre la Cité in Marseilles. “

Nephew oil portrait

This portrait featuring one of my nephews, was painted using a photograph taken back in the early 2000's.
Painted in January 2022, in oils on mounting board, sized at 16" x 12".

It can be seen in greater detail on this link .

 Painting faces exercise 04 Zorn palette

A further collection of faces painted in oils using the limited Zorn palette, one that consists of 4 colours; yellow ochre, ivory black, Cadmium red and titanium white. This palette was a discovery made by the Victorian artist Anders Zorn, and suites figurative work well but has limits in landscape work as there is not way to mix strong greens/ blues. The paintings measure around the 10” x 12” and are painted on cardboard. Photos were taken off the internet to use as reference and I have no idea who they are.