Titan portrait in progress 2 - Two very different portraits

Working on a portrait of Titan for Alicia McCarthy. You may remember when I worked on the beautiful memorial portrait of Wishes for Alicia last year. While we were still in the beginning design stages, Titan passed away unexpectedly. For a while Alicia asked me to switch direction and we began looking for photos to include Titan in the same portrait. But Alicia and Joe made the decision that Titan deserved his own portrait. His personality is completely different than the soft, moody portrait of serious Wishes.

Here are the two portraits.

"Wishes", completed in March 2025....

Prismacolor pencil and white acrylic wash on “Dark Grey” Canson Mi-Teintes paper, 20 x 26 inches.

And "Titan", in progress.

Prismacolor pencil on “Sky Grey” Canson Mi-Teintes paper, 16 x 20 inches.

❤️  Commissioned by Alicia McCarthy.