I worked on this painting again this morning. This is a double portrait of a couple on vacation in Greece. I am working from their vacation photo that shows them riding a motorbike along a coast road, wearing helmets and sunglasses. Today I started by lightening the helmet, and then spent the rest of the time on the background, suggesting the horizon on the left, and on the right foliage and a seawall and a bit of ocean in the distance. Here I am using information that is reflected in the sunglasses as well as what I could see when I enlarged the original photo on the computer screen. I am trying to suggest the sense of the place, the strong sunlight, the ocean, the adventure and happiness of the ride.
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