I found this little portrait of Corelli's fantasy Poet. It isn't as bad as I thought it was when I painted it. There was a lot of damage on the surface which I had to correct in Photoshop, which of course didn't exist when I painted the picture. Corelli spends a lot of time describing his elaborate outfit and even his fluffy white feather boa drapery. This is showbiz 1880s style and you can see it in countless 19th century "historical" ancient world-themed paintings. I was just learning how to paint in acrylic back then. I was a graduate student at Harvard in Greek and Roman Classics at the time.
"Sah-Luma Portrait" is acrylic on illustration board, about 5" x 5", 1976.
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