Friday, April 30, 2010

Finally! I'm doing a portrait of Donna


The last time I did a portrait of Donna it was for our engagement and the year was 1967. All I could afford was the paper it was printed on. I used men's hairspray to fix the pencil (and it hasn't yellowed yet) and shoe polish to stain the frame. It's still in my studio.

This photo was taken in Venice where we celebrated our 40th anniversary and the anniversary of Donna's 30th birthday.

She's eating rice gelato.


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