A Good and Kind Man
Artist's Statement: The model for this portrait is the father of a woman who attended the Atelier School of Art when I did. The woman is a nun, who evidently embraces and is embraced by her faith. Her father is just as the title of the painting suggests – a genuinely good and kind man. Oil on Canvas 22 x 22 in Our humanity were a poor thing
but for the divinity that stirs within us.
Francis Bacon
philosopher and statesman
(1561–1626) When I admire the wonders of a sunset or