We hung up "The Thief" for the Harry Potter birthday party as a replacement for "The Fat Lady" entrance to the Griffyndor Common Room. It looked so good on our walls, that I decided to finally get it finished.
So I've been working on this painting on and off for at least 4 years. To be honest, it's been mostly off, with the painting stacked in a corner of my basement. I'm sure the few who saw it thought it was finished, especially after I used the partially finished work in a marketing brochure. I think I put off finishing it because I was afraid I would ruin it. Guess what? It's now finished and I didn't ruin it - in fact the new changes made it even better. Yay!
Detail of the face
Detail of the ill-gotten gains
What do I love about "The Thief"? Well, I'll tell you. I love the idea of paintings as portals to another world, so I painted a frame around the canvas (that's right, it's not actually framed) with this little guy coming through the frame and escaping into our world. I also love the facial expression and twisted body position of the subject. Middle Child was the model for this painting, but I intentionally painted him to look like a character out of a Dickens story, with shadows under his eyes and messed hair. I also think the nifty little still life he's clutching under his arm is pretty fun, too. Yup, this is a keeper.
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