Some earlier portrait work from a few years back provide a nice back story to the newer works, showing where all this frenzied brushwork came from; a confident but more careful exploration of light on skin. See more at his website: aaronsmithart.com
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"Chippy" 28" x 28" oil on panel 2008
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"Parade" 48" x 36" oil on panel 2008
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"Muck Snipe" 37" x 27.5" oil on panel 2009
(a muck snipe, by the way, is old victorian slang for someone down and out, usually from gambling losses - I had to look it up)
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"Smasher" 48" x 47" oil on panel 2006
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"Tracer 48" x 30" oil on panel 2006
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