Kevin Roeckl
- Jun 28
- 2 min
Remmy portrait in progress 18
All that’s left to do is the river surface, which comprises most of the background of the 5 Remmys. The pics in this post were taken in...
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Kevin Roeckl
- May 25
- 2 min
Remmy portrait in progress 17
All 6 Remmys - including his reflection - are in. Next I start on the river surface. After seeing the recent "in progress" pictures,...
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Kevin Roeckl
- May 24
- 1 min
Remmy portrait in progress 16
The lower-right Remmy (the last one of 6) is finished. If you saw my previous posts, you know that this standing Remmy was from Walt’s...
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Kevin Roeckl
- May 23
- 1 min
Remmy portrait in progress 15
Working on the 6th and final Remmy, in the lower right. Walt wanted to include a full-body pic of Remmy standing, somewhere in the...
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Kevin Roeckl
- May 14
- 3 min
Remmy portrait in progress 14
I worked on “Mona Lisa Remmy’s” reflection for several days. These pictures show the progress. Day 1 The reflection of “Mona Lisa Remmy”...
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Kevin Roeckl
- May 9
- 3 min
Remmy portrait in progress 13
The last post showed pics taken in the studio with my phone while I was working. But a phone camera doesn’t capture artwork very well....
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Kevin Roeckl
- Apr 30
- 1 min
Remmy portrait in progress 12
I’ve been laid up with health problems for several weeks so am behind on sharing Remmy’s portrait. Working on the 4th depiction of Remmy...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Apr 8
- 2 min
Remmy portrait in progress 11
The water splash is finished. That really gives a dynamic feel to Remmy charging joyfully through the river. Walt was right, that photo...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 31
- 1 min
Remmy portrait in progress 10
The important “Mona Lisa” Remmy (the center figure) finished…with a great deal of concentration, and pleasure. Next, on to the water...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 29
- 1 min
Remmy portrait in progress 9
Working on “Mona Lisa” Remmy, the central focus of Remmy’s portrait. This will capture all the joy of Remmy splashing through the water...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 25
- 1 min
Remmy portrait in progress 8
Two days' work with Remmy’s upper-right head finished, and the background put in behind that head.... The head finished.... This shows...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 23
- 2 min
Remmy portrait in progress 7
I've filled in the river background across the upper part of the portrait, and now working on the upper-right Remmy head. I need to do...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 22
- 3 min
Remmy portrait in progress 6
I’ve been working on the background river scene — the trees and sky. This post shows how I get a nice light-blue sky on darker grey paper...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 17
- 1 min
Remmy portrait in progress 5
Here’s Remmy’s Pig, hidden in the bushes of the riverbank. Right where Remmy left it. Now I’m working my way across the river background...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 16
- 2 min
Remmy portrait in progress 4
In the background of this portrait is something you didn’t see in my layout, but is very important to have in the portrait... Remmy’s Pig...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 15
- 1 min
Remmy portrait in progress 3
The upper left head of Remmy is finished down to the collar. His shoulders and chest will fade out into the background scene. So I have...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 8
- 2 min
Remmy portrait in progress 2
This portrait has 5 depictions of Remmy (two head studies and 3 full-body) on a river scene, with the center Remmy splashing joyfully...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 6
- 5 min
Remmy portrait in progress 1
I've been working for more than a month on just the preparation stages of a very complex, and very special portrait. For Walter Da Ponte...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Feb 15
- 1 min
Happy Valentine's Day!
This painting, "From The Heart", is one of a series of angel paintings I created in the 1990's. The paintings were licensed by giftware...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Jan 7
- 1 min
"Beribboned Hat"
When I began painting my beautiful Doberman Jake in 1991, I had already had a successful gallery career for 15 years, doing human...
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