[Patricia Joyce]

Just returned from Marvin Mattelson's workshop in Atlanta. This is my third with Marvin and I had so many light bulb moments, heard things I never was able to absorb before. ( "Think shapes, not features" ) I'm pretty happy with some of the passages in this painting. Marvin is a consistantly generous, logical, excellent teacher. All the students in this class ranged from inexperienced to more experienced and there were many very nice portriats.
The unique feature to this model is that he had white eyelashes which cast a shadow, yet could not be seen themselves, very curious problem to solve. I apologize for a less than perfect image, perhaps Marvin can post the one he took for me in the class.

Thanks for looking.