I've been working on a series of three portraits for a friend that have just now come to a closure. I'll live with these guys for another week and make minor adjustments if I feel anything stepping out, but the overall image feels right. The multiple times I shifted their scale, gesture, and even the order of how they would line up) helped me get to know their faces more deeply...something that happens over time and across the changes that inevitably occur. A few of the beginnings headed to a dead end,
but each forward jump even if I had to backtrack, lead me to exactly where I needed to go. These are brothers. I wanted them to work individually on their own, holding their own space and identity, but I also wanted them to sit well together, to maintain an area of belonging. So here they are, one view of them, but one which feels alive.
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