Hands of a Lover, Eyes of a Stranger

Graphite and oil on paper, acrylic and color pencil on masonite

Original size 12x24 © 1998 Alex Ledante

Actually, this is just a detail of the work, which was really nothing more than a study for a new technique I was pursuing at the time. It turned out to be so successful that it became the style I used until I abandoned painting in favor of the digital medium...

One day Ken wanted to know what the piece looked like flipped on the Y axis. The original is actually reversed, but you should be able to do this with any good painting. This is one of the few I ever did that could survive the translation. Undeniably, I was a mediocre painter at best