"The Artist's Corner..."

"Proud"

Pastel on board

Gwenneth Barth-White

What I Like About This: People of color as the subject of portraiture is fairly rare, especially from artist who are not also.  I like his expression, I know why the artist chose her title of "Proud," he looks it.  His face, like mine is revealing the passage of time with wrinkle-lines and grey whiskers, and yet he stands still strong and proud and ruggedly handsome facing whatever may still be to come in the journey of life.