Mirror mirror on the wall... Who's the greatest of them all?

(Velasquez . Graphite on paper. Sept 2010..)

Yes he's the greatest. I can hardly imagine any other in the same league (except Vermeer of course)..

Van Gogh head study

Graphite on paper..A study for Van Gogh painting.
Not as much fun as I wished it to be but there's nothing to laugh at with Van Gogh who's life was an experience in the misery of being an underestimated artist..He only sold one painting during his entire life...to his brother!

Gustave Flaubert, a sketch

Graphite on paper..in preparation for a painting

Shakespeare

Pastel on paper..2o05..For sale ( as everything else when not sold)
Less caricature than tweaking..plyaing with the shape and pushing it around..

Jim Morrisson (The Doors)

Acrylic on illustration board 1993..For sale

Mozart, a caricature

Pastel on paper 2009..For sale

David Baker

Mixed Media on paper..2005..More stylised than caricatured. One of three illustrations for Illustrators Australia's yearbook. David is/was the president of the Association.. David Baker's collection.