After "The Red Boy"
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9"x12" Oils on Canvass. I have used Sir Thomas Lawrence's "Red Boy" as a model to help me understand the processes of classical style painting . I have not tried to make an exact copy but I have tried to capture the same atmosphere as the original. The boy sheltering from the gathering storm.
About the Artist
Joe Johnson
I am very much a self taught painter other than as a boy watching my father who was an excellent portrait painter. I painted a lot in the 1980's and completed a number of commissions including one or two Crufts winners (The dogs that is !). Painting time became scarce and I put the easel away for…
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