Alan King

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PORTRAITS

“A man’s face is his autobiography. A woman’s face is her work of fiction.”  Oscar Wilde.

Well, that was Wilde being his usual waggish self. My view is that the lives of women are written on their faces too, just a little more artfully.  Whether we like it or not, it seems our faces are sculpted biographies.

I paint portraits, lots of them. I’ve been doing it for years and, yes, there are people whose faces are a mask. But the mask usually reveals as much as it disguises. It’s a truism that a good portrait artist, whether a painter or a photographer, will peek behind the mask and capture the subject’s character: his or her intelligence, wit, willfulness, humour, humility. The essential person will be revealed using the simple tools of brush, oil and canvas.

It’s a lot to ask. But one only has to look at the work of the great masters – Rembrandt, Annigoni, Sargent – to know that it can be done. There are artists working today whose skill and insight is only a few brushstrokes away from that level of craftsmanship. I’m not there yet, but with each painting I get a little closer.

Prices range from $600.00 to $15,000, depending on size. Please contact me if you’d like to commission a portrait: alanking641@gmail.com

Andrew Absil – Charcoal Sketch

Andrew Absil, closeup – Charcoal Sketch

Biblical Job – 10 x 8 – charcoal sketch

Andrew Absil – Anglican Bishop of Toronto – 30″ x 24″ – oil on canvas

André – Oil on canvas – 20″ x 16″

Barry Padolsky, architect

Bonnie

Ralph and Nuala

Elizabeth Kilbourn

Connie

Leonard Lee, Founder of Lee Valley Tools

Bill MacPherson

Jamie and son

Blue and Pink – 18″ x 16″ – Oil on Canvas

Young Girl – 12″ x 10″ – Oil on Canvas

Ron Tysick

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 A quick (40 minute) portrait sketch in oil on canvas.

Video by Chloe King

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LANDSCAPES AND STILL LIVES

Hazelton Avenue – 24″x30″ – Oil on canvas – $3,000.00

Hazelton Avenue on wall

Hazelton Avenue on wall

Queen Street West – 18″x36″ – oil on canvas – $1,200.00

Queen Street West – Framed

Morning Birches – 24″ x 30′”- oil on canvas – $1,200.00

Beach Stones – 24″ x 30″ – Oil on board – $1,200.00

Beach Stones installed

On to Tofino – $1,200.00

Near Revelstoke – $800.00

Snow Grotto – Framed – $500.00

Snow Grotto – Framed – $500.00

Caribbean Blue – 12″ x 12″ – oil – $400.00

Show Off – 12″ x 12″ – oil on wood – $400.00

Cornucopia – 12″ x 12″ – Oil on board – $400.00

South America – 14″ x 11″ – Oil – $300.00

Geological Time – 10.5″ x 29.5″ – oil on board – $1,500.00

Too thin. Too rich – Oil on birch panel – 20″ x 20″ – $1,500.00

Blue Saskia – Oil on birch panel – 6″ x 6″ – $200.00

Blue Saskia (on the wall) – Oil on birch panel – 6″ x 6″ – $200.00

Farm, Navarrenx, France – $400.00

Les Poires – Framed – $500.00

“Too Rough” – $1,400.00 – Framed

The Basilica of Saint Mary of the Chorus in San Sebastian, Spain – – $1,500.00

Open Water – $400.00

Johnston Canyon, Banff – 20″ x 16″ – Oil on panel

Birth of Venus – 12″x12″ – Oil on panel

Florida Rock – 6″ x 6″ – Oil on wood

Near Navarrenx, France – Framed

Near Navarrenx, France – in situ

Tangerine – Oil on panel – 12″ x 10″

Sidelit – Oil on Birch panel – 10″ x 10″

Last Light – 8″ x 10″ – Oil on board – Framed

Air Rites – Oil on board – 10″ x 10″ –

Figure 89 – 24″ x 24″ – Oil and acrylic on board

White Rose – 6″ x 6″ – Oil

Stones – 14″ x 22″ – Oil

Snow Glyphs – Oil on Wood – 8″ x 8″ NFS

Alcove – Oil on board – 8″ x 8″ – NFS

Cabin in Winter – 16″ x 20″ – oil on canvas

Meech Lake – Oil on Canvas – 24″ x 36″

Wakefield, QC – Oil on canvas – 16″ x 20″

Left at the Light – Oil on Canvas – 16″ x 20″

Tangerine – 10″x 10″ – oil on board

Osgoode Hall Winter – Oil on canvas – 14″ X 11″

Dognen France at Twilight – 8″ x 10″ – Oil on Linen

Avenue Road from Balmoral – Oil on board — 24″ x 48″

Oil on board – 36″ x 18″

Near Pau, France – 24″ x 36″ – oil on canvas

Beach Stones- Grand Manan – Oil on canvas – 52″ x 52″

Grand Manan #3 – Oil on Wood – 8″ X 8″

Grand Manan #2 – Oil on Wood – 8″ X 8″

Poppies – Oil on canvas – 16″ x 20″

Down Under – 24″ X 24″ – Oil on board

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