Dean Hartung has been working on a series of portraits of three brothers, two of whom are twins. The backgrounds are meant to show the kids’ imaginations as they play. All are oil on linen, each a little over life-size.
Portrait of Max by Dean HartungPortrait of Sam by Dean HartungPortrait of Alex by Dean Hartung
When I visit the Metropolitan Museum, I am able to travel back in time to communicate with artists living centuries ago, and ask them, How did you do that? Why did you do that?
