Catalog of American Portraits

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Allison, my sister-in-law. Allison wanted to hold a candle for Matthew 5:15.

Owner: Rob Matthews

La Mere Gerard (State IV of 4 from Douze Eaux Fortes d'apres Nature--The French Set)

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mikel, friend/fellow artist. Mikel holds a lily that traditionally symbolizes purity.

Owner: Gilbert and Rebecca Kerlin

Jim, my uncle. He gave me this basketball that he is holding.

Owner: Timothy Woolsey

Becky, friend/gallery owner. Becky holds a drawing of mine that she owns.

Owner: Gilbert and Rebecca Kerlin

The Artist and the Model

Paul Howard Manship

Owner: Smithsonian American Art Museum

Moses, my uncle. Moses holds a family Mason bible and is wearing his father's Mason's ring.

Owner: Timothy Woolsey

Julie Saul, a gallery owner. Julie wanted to celebrate the life she has lived with her dog, Vicki.

Owner: Julie Saul

Gil, friend. Gil holds a bowl from China where he has traveled and worked extensively teaching English.

Owner: Gilbert and Rebecca Kerlin

Carrie, friend. Carrie strikes the Jay-Z “HOVA” hand gesture because I relate these modern hip-hop and gang signs to those gestures of allegiance found in Renaissance portraiture.

Owner: Beth Rudin DeWoody

A Corner of the 72nd Street Studio

Louis Comfort Tiffany

Owner: Yale University Art Gallery

The Quartette (Un quatuor)

William Turner Dannat

Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Studio #3 (Ducati)

William George Beckman

Owner: Seven Bridges Foundation

Cashmere Shawl

John Singer Sargent

Owner: Private Collection

Adam, friend. The awkward nature with which Adam holds the turntable sums up the difficult nature of his life as a songwriter in Nashville.

Owner: Rob Matthews

Phil, former student. Phil holds a knife because he modeled for the role of a "killer" in a larger, narrative series of drawings called Knoxville Girl.

Owner: Robert L. Pfannebecker

Self-Portrait with Nosebleed. I am prone to nosebleeds in the winter and appreciate the Christian connotations of blood.

Owner: Mr. Michael Belanger

Amy, childhood friend. Amy holds a Mason jar because I use it as a symbol of multiple meanings, primarily as a holder of "spirits."

Owner: Rob Matthews

Jeremy, my cousin. Jeremy holds a marlin lure because he is a fishing boat captain and also for the spiritual symbolism tied to fishing.

Owner: Rob Matthews

Army of Cumberland

William De Laney Trimble Travis

Owner: National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Portrait II

Owner: Art Institute of Chicago

Rebecca, friend/fellow artist. Rebecca's cat's posture suggests how much she did NOT want to be drawn.

Owner: Rob Matthews

Diane, my mother. Cardinals are important to my mother because she seems to only see them in times of trouble so they have become a source of comfort.

Owner: Rob Matthews

Portrait

Owner: Art Institute of Chicago

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