John Wayne "the Duke" by Chris Hoffman

walt larsen 21 Nov 2007

wonderful stark artistic duke presentation

Amber Fain 26 Jun 2007

this is fantastic

Tanya Ray 05 Nov 2006

This is absolutely beautiful pastell work!

Jerie kunitsky 26 Oct 2006

Absolutely wonderful ...Magnficant work..

Olga van Dijk 26 Sep 2006

Wow what a great pastel of John Wayne!! Love the sepia color!

Kathi Perry 26 Sep 2006

Damn nice work Chris. One of the best John Waynes I have ever seen.

Elizabeth Teed 21 Sep 2006

nice work,Chris, you don't need a background, it's perfect just the way it is

Greg Joens 17 Aug 2006

Very cool,Chris. I finally did John Wayne myself last night... what a great character he was!

george martinez 11 Aug 2006

superb work I like it so much, excellent illustration chris

Julie Mayser 10 Aug 2006

Chris, you did a great job on John! Velour can be fun to work on, gives nice soft edges! I have been commissioned to paint John twice.... that is enough for me.

kiddolucas lee 20 Jul 2006

I love Cowboy movies ..I love John wayne..this is the work of a " Golden egg hatched artist"

Jose Calvillo 30 Jun 2006

Chris, this is amazing. It's nice to see more of your work, you are very talented.

What an incredible likeness!!!! I love your eye for detail Love your light and shadows...The background works for me... and yes the man had an enormous amount of character in face and personality! Beautifully composed!!!

Mike Beckett 29 Jun 2006

awesome piece! no.. you don't need a background. you don't want to pull the focus off of his face. it's so well detailed.

Renata Cavanaugh 23 Jun 2006

Fantstic work Chris

John Enright 13 Jun 2006

nice work on the Duke . thats him alright!

Andrew Valentine 10 Jun 2006

Thats awsome, i love what you have done great subject matter.

george query 09 Jun 2006

Very nice work!

chuck vest 09 Jun 2006

Great great subject and just real nice work

Dawn Bigford 07 Jun 2006

Wow, great job... love the colours

Anonymous Guest 05 Jun 2006

Excellent!

Kristina Ackerman 05 Jun 2006

The paper has a little bit of texture so that makes it nice as a plain background. It's just a shame that the paper's so small, because I bet it would've looked great in an oval wooden frame... maybe I just think all cowboy pictures should be framed tat way. It looks great though. The likeness is right on, but more than that, I like the drama of the shadows and shapes and wrinkles.

Steph Salt 04 Jun 2006

Chris I just had to come and have another look at the Duke. Wasn't he a gorgous man. I just wish that he came to the UK a bit more. You have done a wonderful job with those pastels, I envy your talent at getting those skin tones. Just wonderful..... Opps sorry I'm gushing, please excuse me :)

Katerina Koukiotis 04 Jun 2006

i LOVE the portrait the way you did it and it's awesome ONE OF THE BEST JOHN WAYNE portraits i have seen 20++ and i also love your new avatar :)

Susan Epps 04 Jun 2006

Yep, that's him ! Think you were right to have a blank background......his character fills the space pretty well. Love the base colour you used too !

Jude 03 Jun 2006

Wow nice work, John Wayne a legand..

jennifer blenkinsopp 03 Jun 2006

excellent pastel portrait chris, this is one of the best I have seen of John Wayne, well done.

Chris Williams 03 Jun 2006

a great tribute well done

Kathryn Arruda 03 Jun 2006

Great portrait! I think it's very effective just as it is- he was such a rugged personality w/ lots of character as you noted & really doesn't need background details- might be distracting.This monochromatic portrait is perfect as is.

Terry Harris 03 Jun 2006

Outstanding work!

Terry Bassett 03 Jun 2006

Great portrait Chris.. Excellent! :-)

Emily Reed 03 Jun 2006

Wow!

Tia Antoniades 03 Jun 2006

Excellent work!

Mi MItchell 03 Jun 2006

Nice one Chris, love the antique look to it.

Laurie Brookes 03 Jun 2006

No background is my thought. You have done an amazing job here! All his character returned to life!

Timothy Hughes 03 Jun 2006

Great pastel portrait and no background looks good to me!!

mark jorgenson 03 Jun 2006

I don't mind tellin you Chris thats a darn good job you did on the duke uhuh mister!

Pat Merewether 02 Jun 2006

I like it the way it is - John Wayne is so legendary that adding stuff would only detract. You've done an amazing job capturing him - love the detail - great!

Lacy Chenault 02 Jun 2006

wow great wrinkles

Lauren Abric 02 Jun 2006

FANTASTIC JOB!!!!! This is just amazing!

Wanda Edwards 02 Jun 2006

oooh..this is nice...velour paper...mmm I just got mine and putting a pastel portrait on it...would be great if mine turns out a fraction as good as this!!