Sir John Hurt

Oils applied with palette knife on cold-pressed watercolour block.

The magnificently grizzled Sir John Hurt, painted with palette knife and oils on cold-pressed watercolour block. I rarely work with a palette knife; this was intended to try to kick me out of an art slump!

Alt text: “Sir John Hurt in old age, his magnificnatly grizzled, bearded face looking directly at us. He is painting in rough textured oild with a palette knife, in shades of turquoise, magenta, white and black.”