Back At It

So I've been away from my studio for the past month, in fact 5 weeks spent rekindling my love affair with musical theatre.  It has been an amazing little time, but I'm pretty sure that I'm going to leave the acting to the actors (at least for the next little while).

And as a segue out of theatre and into the studio, I spent last night painting a portrait of the lead actor in his role as Buddy Holly.  This particular has a tradition of hanging a placard in the dressing room hallway for all cast members to sign, so this will be the one for The Buddy Holly Story.  Gouache and ink on panel.

In hindsight, I should have actually painted it on velvet (as opposed to just making it look like I did.)