Oil-pastel painting of a bald, oversized man smiling at the viewer and rubbing his hands together. The man smokes a cigarette and has nicotine-stained teeth and fingernails. He wears a tan overcoat and blue tie.

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“The Geezer.” Oil pastel on colored paper; 9” x 12”. I think I leveled up a bit with oil pastels on this one. I’ve been reading a couple of books on technique but I wasn’t able to implement them here; the big change was just using pastel paper! I don’t know what took me so long.