Not Dorian Grey.. by Jim Morris

I love your portraits. This one is particularly good: colours and use of pen, just right. I saw a quote by Oscar Wilde yesterday about you don't necessarily become wiser the older you get. I can't remember it exactly.

I love your choice of colours, Jim. This is a super portrait.

Lovely colours and pen work Jim.

Good solid work, Jim, and uniquely yours, as ever.

Thanks Gudrun, Seth, Ibolya and Lewis. My view on portraits is simple, the more like the reference sources they end up, the least interesting. Why bother painting a perfect copy, just take a photograph instead? Art is about the artist and their interpretation or personal view, not reproducing a perfect copy of the subject. This is where technology is taking us. Long live the simple paintbrush....Amen..(-:

Pen work really effective here Jim, and the palette adds to the air of mystery.

You've done a great job of this Jim.