Monochrome: Man In Beret

An oil painting of a local artist in monochrome who posed for a session of the weekly meetings of the Taos Society of Portrait artists.

An oil painting of a local artist in monochrome who posed for a session of the weekly meetings of the Taos Society of Portrait artists as displayed on an interior wall.

Detail of an oil painting of a local artist in monochrome who posed for a session of the weekly meetings of the Taos Society of Portrait artists.

A monochromatic painting of a local artist who posed for a session of the weekly meetings of the Taos Society of Portrait artists.

Creating the likeness of a model in monochrome is a practice of seeing people as they are with concentrated attention to details of the face. This process can open new ways to perceive outside of our ‘normal’ way of seeing beauty. It’s a fun and expressive practice—and hard work, too!