The Pretentious Cleveland Portrait Artists

October 2024, I had the wonderful experience of sitting for the PCPA. Being under the focused attention of a crew of artists, both in the studio and online, while hearing the scratching of pencil, sliding of brushes, motion of pastels, utterly superb. And the joy of sitting absolutely still for nearly 3 hours! Here’s a collection of some of the pieces, more to follow - brilliant stuff, felt like I was in an episode of Sky’s “Portrait Artist of the Year”.

Juan Quirarte - Prismacolor and graphite

Jack Kinkelaar - Oil on 5x7" canvas panel