Portrait of Geo (The Leo) Smith

I met Geo one night at the Acme bar in Berkeley, with blue chalk on my nose and a goodbye on my breath for a friend who was leaving for Chicago the next morning. It was a going away celebration, but Geo was the first of many new friends to come. This is a portrait of a portrait: I worked from a picture of Geo next to a portrait drawn of him by his friend and artist Leah Svendsen.
The piece is 14 x 20 inches of oil pastel, charcoal and gesso on canvas.