This is me capturing the Laughing Cavalier by Frans Hals, 1624. He was an unknown gentleman who was apparently 26 at the time he was portrayed. It doesn't have much in common with Hals work but I am trying these days to catch the vibrancy and the spirit of things otherwise I get too bogged down in the detail. I am completely, however, in absolutely awe of the old-school painters. They were incredible and it would be my dream to be able to paint as they painted. However, in the mean time, I read an article on Liza Minnelli the other day and apparently Judy Garland had said to her that it's better to be a first-rate version of yourself than a second-rate version of someone else. So that's the plan...just got to get there...somehow!
