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Minh you should see if Tom Edgerton ever teaches in your area.
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Oddly enough, when I first started painting - having decided that I wanted to concentrate on portraiture - I searched thru all the artists listed within SOG to get an idea what real professional oil portraiture looked like. I already knew it didn't look like the 'portraits' I saw hanging in some of the local galleries (winking). And while ALL of the artists here are obviously polished and professional, paintings by one artist in particular really struck me personally as living, breathing representations of real people with all the concomitant human emotions. The work was, to me - and I realize this is subjective - just really something special. I later discovered not only that this artist also lived in Greensboro, but that he briefly occupied a studio space a block from my office and I had probably seen him there and not realized who he was.
Though I've been drawing and painting a very short time, in November I reached a point that I felt ready to approach a teacher and when I started searching I discovered that Mr. Edgerton does indeed teach. So, he is one of two local artists I have been pestering to accept me as a student, and indeed I have been able to speak with him recently about that very thing.
Currently, he is unable to take another student on, but graciously made a couple recommendations of teachers in the Raleigh area. As with most things in life "Good things come to those who wait". So rather than begin somewhere else, I have decided to just wait until Mr. Edgerton is able to accept another student. He is the artist I most want to study under and so I will wait patiently and pick up what I can, where I can.
And I'll also pick Jeff's brain from time-to-time as well.
Minh Thong