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Blowing Smoke (Portrait of Aaron Shikler)

Blowing Smoke (Portrait of Aaron Shikler) , Figure & Portrait
Blowing Smoke (Portrait of Aaron Shikler)
Aaron Shikler was my friend and mentor for many years, and this was the scene that typically punctuated each of my visits with him. His studio was always filled with the warm scent of turpentine, oil paint, and the ever-present smell of tobacco. I’d watched him light his pipe hundreds of times. There are moments in life that are snapshots of an entire season or era, when time seems to have slowed for you so that you may fully absorb every detail. Such snapshots serve as anchors to which many memories are tethered and this image is one of those anchors for me.

Figure & Portrait    36 x 24 x 0.3