Morning Slump
Watercolor painting on Arches 300 HP 22×30 inches
Wendel’s Barbershop in Lexington, Virginia can count the wide cross section of the town’s male population as customers. With that and the cadets of the Virginia Military Institute and the students at Washington and Lee, Wendel stays quite engaged except for a slight break in the morning when he takes his own chair and reads the paper. Always gracious he agreed to sit for me on one of those occasions; and I tried to record him as the class act and gentleman that he is known by all to be.
Morning Slump belongs to the following groups:
1 on 1: The Fine Art of Portraiture , Realist Traditional Art and Water Media (Paintings by hand only) Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints, Framed Prints and Posters
Jamaboop
So very well done!!! You can feel the morning sun coming through the glass, and listen to the quite of the shop with no one else there….
susan davies
such amazing detail
lensman
A classic pose and well executed. Good colouring too.
Renate Dartois
fantastic painting Thomas.
Terry Krysak
It is not easy to pick one of your works to favorite, have been trying to decide since first seeing your work yesterday.
Masterful Work!!!
Jeremy Lebediker
I love the wrinkles on the newspaper…
Bahoke
Wow, very good!!
Nanmarie
Only barber I’ve ever seen with a tie. How flattering for him that you painted him in his chair. Great painting Thomas.
Nanmarie
Only barber I’ve ever seen with a tie. How flattering for him that you painted him in his chair. Great painting Thomas.
Nanmarie
Only barber I’ve ever seen with a tie. How flattering for him that you painted him in his chair. Great painting Thomas.
Thomas Akers
Wendel dresses in this manner every day. It’s an assertion; so is the wedding band on his hand. There is a courage to both that is regularly missed and never remarked on, yet he persist.
Elf Evans
Your work is very rewarding to view!
Woodie
Brilliant watercolor, especially the chrome bits.
Woodie
Brilliant watercolor, especially the chrome bits.
ronnie1
Yet again you are doing it, Lovely jubbly!
Jazzyjane
He must be thrilled with the results. Fantastic job.
Marion Chapman
just marvellous
Peter Zentjens
This really is a gorgeous painting. Fantastic work Thomas.
darkestartist
excellent!
Corinne Pouzet
Waouh !!!! i’d like being able to do the same ! well done Thomas !
Lora Garcelon
I love the character in this painting – the reflections, the colors, everything!
Douglas Hunt
fantastic—I love everything about this painting.
Thomas Akers replied
Thank you very much for the generous comment Doug.
Roz McQuillan
Beautiful painting, Thomas!
Thomas Akers replied
Thank you, Roz.
djlampkins
Lovely work here, Tom. Very talented… : )
Jen Cannella
Beautiful work with so much detail…love the sunlight bouncing off everything!
Tahnja
absolutely captivating painting. Wow, awesome stuff