• Earl Kelley
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14"by18" colored pencil & Acrylics on Arches 140lb Watercolor Paper.Used Acrylics on Clothes,see no reason to waste my Pencils onthat big of an Area. Dutch is my cousin Gary Dutschke. He is tattoo ed totally from the neck down,gas been featured in numerous "Biker" magazines. He was a Riverboat Captain all his Life.Came to our Reunion,I hadn't seen him since he was about 7 years old.

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Libbe Bouma 23 Jun 2006

Great portrait.....wonderful work what a face!

Natalie Mason 02 May 2006

This is excellent, there is so much character in the face, I do not think you have much learning to do at all!!, Ps. Really enjoyed reading your Bio.

Peter Kripgans 08 Jul 2005

This is really a wunderful and outstanding work, Earl! This is an exeptional piece that is showing your extraordinary drawing skills! I enjoyed your writing in the message board!

Renata Cavanaugh 23 Apr 2005

Wow, this is such a great portrait...wonderful work

Rob Jones 28 Mar 2005

incredible Earl, amazing modelling and shading, fantastic man

Pat Abbott 27 Mar 2005

Fantastic work, a real nice portrait, Earl.

francis kwok peng kin 27 Mar 2005

excellent combination of medium...you capture the image like a photo.....

JANIE THOMPSON-LIDE 27 Mar 2005

Great job.

stan jones 27 Mar 2005

what an amazing man looks like he has lived life to the full and you have done him proud with this one great no awesome pencil work your lines of age and shadowing stunning my friend

Chad Keith 27 Mar 2005

"What are you lookin at?" You really captured the essence. Good use of shading and color.

tim linville 27 Mar 2005

I bet he's a colorful character in real life,also!

joan warburton 27 Mar 2005

Detail and expression are just incredible. You can see in his face that this is a man of adventure, history, and wisdom. He appears very young at heart. Beautiful portrait, awesome eyes!

Julia Lesnichy 27 Mar 2005

This is an amazing portrait, very well done, perfect....love the expression on his face

eileen martin 27 Mar 2005

Earl, this is incredible, you are so talented.:)

William J. Griffith 27 Mar 2005

I like your style, very sharp but soft too. Great work.

teresa greene 27 Mar 2005

Excellent details and great choice for a Portrait

Rebecca Mullan 27 Mar 2005

A lot of personality in the pose and the rendering...excellent 10+

Joke Schotting 27 Mar 2005

Beautiful work Earl

Renee Nemerov 27 Mar 2005

Skillful work!

Peter Rutilquarz 27 Mar 2005

All is great Earl, the story beside just fine and well done, compliments!

sher richardson 27 Mar 2005

wow... what a great face and character! my favorite of your portraits.. hard perspective of pose and you accomplished it wonderfully! Accolades Earl! (and HappyEaster!)