This is a painting I did called "Neomi" The inspiration behind this piece was actually from a piece of artwork me and my wife Jenny purchased from a local artist in Orlando. The artist name is Herbert Freeman. Herbert is a very inspiring man. The piece we bought from him was of his mother named Neomi, she is a prominent figure in alot of his art.
Here is a picture of the painting we bought from Mr.Freeman.
You can check out a documentary made on Herbert here
http://www.escapeintolife.com/film-shorts/homeless-artist-herbert-freeman/
Here is some more footage of Herbert.
This was a point where i really thought hard about stopping. I actually had considered it done for several weeks at this pint until i came back to it and added some more details
Here is the completed version of Neomi with the "added details." You can see I added some more color to her afro, as well as some extra outlining of the face, and last the orange eyes!
My painting was purchased by the owners of a restaurant named Stubborn Mule, coincidentally located in downtown Orlando.
Paul Columbus
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