Joseph Airforce Portrait

My dear friend had her 70th birthday last month and I was inspired to paint her deceased son Joseph as a surprise present for her.  Joseph has been dead for over 20 years and he had lost all of his airforce photos before his passing.

I really enjoyed connecting with him on a spiritual level as I created this work from a grainy newspaper clipping and some old photos......

Here is the newspaper clipping I was working from........

Here is the 2nd reference photo I used........



I combined both images for a rendering that would make a good painting....using Artistic License.

Here is a video of the process...............

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo56uiDHEDE&feature=youtube_gdata