Oil Paintings

It took me a while to figure out that my very favorite paintings are oil portraits of people with serious to semi-serious expressions on dark, neutral backgrounds, in a Rembrandt- or John Singer Sargent-style. I was elated when several years ago I found this 18" x 21" portrait in the upstairs of a consignment shop, even if there was a little damage to his head. The black, frameless painting pops against my white walls, and I never tire of admiring his face and the artist's skill in capturing it.