David & Rosemary

David and Rosemary were my parents. My father Devendra Hari Thakar Sr. always went by Dave or David. He died in August of 1988 a little more than a month before his 63rd birthday. I tried many times to do his portrait over the years.

After my recent success with the portrait of Jane’s father a few months earlier, I decided to try again in February of 2013. After tearing up the first attempt I moved on to Rosemary, my mother. Successfully completing her likeness in one day. My challenge was my mother's pearls.

Feeling much more confident I completed David the next day. In all my prior attempts I had tried to do him without his mustache because my mother liked him better without it. This time I included the mustache because he liked it. Rosemary lived to be 91 and loved these portraits.

Like the portraits of Jane's parents, these where done from photos taken at our wedding in 1985. They all hang together in our Living Room watching over my family. They are 13 x 17 inches, pencil and white acrylic paint on chip board.