Poe-trait - WIP

  I've been experimenting with Acrylic paints and started a Portrait of the "Master of the Macabre", Edgar Allan Poe. It is unfinished and a WIP (work in progress) at the time of this post. I will continue to post progress as well as some of the thought process in why I chose to complete a portrait of Poe and choices I've made in my final composition.

  A vision of Poe sitting for a portrait has been on my mind quite a bit. Throughout Poe's life he sat for various photographs, these moments are all we have to show us Poe's true image. These captured images of Poe seem to reflect a great deal about his character through his expression. Some physical features or a look of distress have been an element in many Poe portraits. I wanted to create a painting of Poe without his distinctive character elements exaggerated which may demean or belittle the genius which is Poe. 

Edgar Allan Poe ~ Acrylic on Canvas ~ Maxx