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Texture
Karin,
I just saw a large portrait by Shanks at the Forum Gallery in NY at a show entitled "Modern and Contemporary Portraits." It was his painting of the opera singer Denise Graves. The painting was on a more heavily textured canvas. Definately not portrait grade linen.
The painting was about 6 or 7 feet high. Perhaps he would paint a smaller painting on a finer weave canvas.
I dunno, he just never returns my calls! (joke!)
It was an interesting show nonetheless. With few exceptions, not exactly what you would call "commercial" portraiture.
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