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Portrait of Dizzy Gillespie

Gouache on Prepared Paper

February 1st, 1996

I painted this portrait of Dizzy Gillespie from a photograph in a technique I developed using gouache. Gouache can be hard to work with, since adding water can reactivate paint already laid down. I set each layer with Krylon crystal clear, which gave me the ability to glaze with gouache.