Snapshots of the painting process for "Green Moment." The stages include a sketch, a background tone in Cypriot umber, a wipe-out technique with a cloth to sculpt the face, followed by a grisaille layer on top.

Snapshots of the painting process for "Green Moment." The stages include a sketch, a background tone in Cypriot umber, a wipe-out technique with a cloth to sculpt the face, followed by a grisaille layer on top.

Snapshots of the painting process for "Green Moment." The stages include a sketch, a background tone in Cypriot umber, a wipe-out technique with a cloth to sculpt the face, followed by a grisaille layer on top.

Snapshots of the painting process for "Green Moment." The stages include a sketch, a background tone in Cypriot umber, a wipe-out technique with a cloth to sculpt the face, followed by a grisaille layer on top.

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Painting of a boy in profile with a page haircut, rendered in shades of gray and raw umber against a deep green background in cypriot umber. Oil on gessoed cardboard mounted on wood, 57 x 68 cm.

Green Moment, oil on gessoed cardboard mounted on wood, 57 x 68 cm, 2018. This piece was exhibited in Mariehamn, Åland.
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