Painting a person and his/her mirror reflection is always a challenge. You want to make the reflection resemble the subject, without them being too identical that you end up with a painting of a pair of Siamese twins.
The common approach is to make the reflection darker, cooler or less defined than the main subject. If you were to take a picture of a person with his/her reflection, you can observe that these attributes do exist, albeit very subtly.
The common approach is to make the reflection darker, cooler or less defined than the main subject. If you were to take a picture of a person with his/her reflection, you can observe that these attributes do exist, albeit very subtly.
The mirror
16 x 20 inches, oil on canvas board
