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This fine young man is Native American, Jay Eagle from Bullhead, South Dakota. Jay is Hunkpapa/Oglala Lakota.
This painting is traditional oils on Ampersand Gessobord Masonite. The finished size is 16″ x 16″. Here is version one. On day one, I laid down a base coat for Jay’s face.
This is day two. I have added some detail to his face and laid down my base coat for Jay’s leather bonnet straps, neck and the top of his cloth necklace that holds a feathered pendent that is just out of the picture.
Day three. Here I added the cloth that is wrapped around his long hair braids. I also roughed in the feather cluster on his left shoulder.
Day four. I spent the entire day roughing in all the feathers in his bonnet and more detail to his face.
This is the final version. I finished detailing out his bonnet feathers, painted in the off-white background and lastly, I signed it.
Here are two close-ups of my final version to show all the detail.
Thanks for riding along. Stay tuned, there are many more of my works in progress to come. Denny |
Archive for February, 2012
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
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This fine young man is Native American, Jay Eagle from Bullhead, South Dakota. Jay is Hunkpapa/Oglala Lakota and lives on the Standing Rock Reservation. My good friend Andrew Hogarth from Sydney, Australia that is a world-famous photographer, took the first-class photograph that I am using for my reference. His work has appeared in many, many national publications. Matter of fact, the photo has graced several magazine covers and other publications. This photo of Jay was taken in 1996 at the annual Crow Fair on land surrounding the Little Big Horn River near Billings, Montana. With regards to his powwow dancing, Jay has won close to two hundred 1st, 2nd and 3rd place awards. Jay still has all the envelopes that his prize money was handed to him on those particular days.
I also want to mention, Andrew has been asked many times by many artists to paint his images. I am the first artist that Andrew has asked to paint one of his grand images! I am truly honored! This painting is traditional oils on Ampersand Gessobord Masonite. Signed/numbered prints available. Edition of 150. Original is sold. Measures: 16″ x 16″ |
