Digital/Painter

Both of these illustrations were commissioned by Spyglass Books, and both took a considerable amount of research to complete. The Washington portrait was based on the Houdon statue in the state capitol in Richmond, Virginia. Washington's uniform from the late war was the model for the clothing. The Paul Revere portrait was posed by a living historian who does a first person interpretation of Revere at historic sites. His resemblance to Revere was startling, although I had to bring his features more in line with the Copley portrait of Revere by sharpening the angle of his nostrils, and enhancing the upturned angle of his upper lip.