Thank you, Thomasin. It was an emotional experience to paint this, but not overwhelmingly so. He died in 1974 and the passage of time made a huge difference and brought some new perspective (at least in my case) on how to portray him. One of my excuses is that I had to wait till I started looking like my father so I could get a good reference
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Maybe sometime in the future you will decide it is time to paint your father. I would love to see that portrait when and if it ever gets painted.