chrisbroz
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My name is Chris Brosnahan, 65 YO from port St Lucie, FL...in or around '86 my painting muse got up and left...I haven't picked up as brush since, but the flame always continued to glow...I began painting figures as an out growth of aircraft & armor modeling when I got frustrated at being unable to recreate a realistic flesh tome on the 1/35th scale Tamiya figures...originally from the People's Demokratik Republik of New Jersey, I was in the old Soldier Shop (upper Manhattan) one Saturday in '74 or '75 and saw a poster advertising meetings of the North Jersey Military Miniature Associates...I called the number and attended my first meeting about a month later,,,one of the members was the late, great artist Andrei Koribanics (he sadly passed in July, 2014 at the age of 59)...his work blew me away...I knew absolutely NOTHING about painting and picked his brain for details, color formulas, etc...we quickly became friends...He freely gave me advice & help - I owe much of what I'm capable of doing to his guidance...In '79 I relocated to Florida and met another great artist - the late Robert C (Bob) Knee Jr.. who later moved top Atlanta and became one of the driving forces behind the Atlanta Military Miniature group and their annual show...her too taught me much that I know (or most likely forgot)...now after seeing the great work on line of such folks as Pepa Saavedra and my old acquaintance from the Atlanta Shows, Mike McCowan, I'm gettin' the painting bug again...I' stumbled onto this site quite by accident and will depend on the artists here for their guidance...on this go-around, I'm concentrating on large scale busts...still intending to work in the oils with which I'm familiar....I'll use acxrylics for undercoating and for blocking out the basic eye shapes & colors...I'm intimitaded by acrylics, especially with their short drying times and limited blending times...at my age, I'm going to stick with what I'm comfortable with...artists oils. Thanx for listening to me...BTW if there is anyone out there who remembers me from the Atlanta or NJ clubs, please get in touch....
... Welcome to planetFigure, there's so much to look at, enjoy yourself
