This was hard to get the correct color of the painting in the photograph. Dark colors don't photograph well. Probably because I don't know what I am doing. It is still not correct, but is as close as I can get. This subject was just an experiment. I wanted to see if I could get the look of the clear plexiglass. My challenge was getting the proportions to be even on each side and not look crooked.
Back in the 70's I started painting in oils and painted for about 5-6 years. I took time off to raise children, and try my hand at different businesses. In 2001, I got back into painting, which I missed. In the begining, my first paintings were copies, especially of the Masters. Now most of my paintings are originals, others, reproductions.