DEBRA
A few weeks ago I met the artist Alex Schaefer doing live painting downtown at the Hive http://www.hivegallery.com/ during Debra Haden's show "Fool's Gold" in which both Dominic and I had a piece showing. I love seeing someone painting portraits, and after imparting my passion for such I pleaded with him to paint my portrait. Check it out at http://alexanderschaefer.blogspot.com/2009_02_01_archive.html .
I offered Alex a deal in which he would come to my studio and sit for me so that we could trade the paintings. Although Alex knocked mine out in 20 minutes, it took me a good hour and a half to get his down. I'm really into this live painting thing after painting from photos for years, and hope that this summer will be fruitful in plenty of plein air painting excursions!
