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      • COLORbatch 2020
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      • ICARUS UNBOUND
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      • WOUNDED CENTAUR
    • 2018 >
      • ColorBatch
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      • CAPTIVES
    • 2017 >
      • VISAGES
    • 2016 >
      • VESTIS
      • GRAVIDUS
      • OLYMPIANS
    • SMALL WORKS ON PAPER 12
    • SMALL WORKS ON PAPER 11
    • SMALL WORKS ON PAPER 10
    • Small Works on Paper 9
    • Small Works on Paper 8
    • Small Works on Paper 7
    • ARCHIVE >
      • Archive Works on Canvas & Drawing Series >
        • 2015
        • 2014
        • 2013
        • 2012
        • 2011
        • 2010
      • Archive Small Works on Paper >
        • Small Works on Paper 6
        • Small Works on Paper 5
        • Small Works on Paper 4
        • Small Works on Paper 3
        • Small Works on Paper 2
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IMITO

IMITO (Latin) - to imitate or mimic 
 This collection consists of oil studies of iconic marble portraits - The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Herakles, the Capitoline Museums' Alexander and the British Museum's companion of Odysseus. 
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Study 1 of the Marble Head of Herakles, oil paint on canvas, 18 x 25, private collection
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Study 2 of the Marble Head of Herakles, oil paint on canvas, 18 x 24
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Study 3 of the Marble Head of Herakles, oil paint on canvas, 18 x 25
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Study 4 of the Marble Head of Herakles, oil paint on canvas, 18 x 25
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Study 1 of the Alexander-Helios, oil paint on canvas, 18 x 25
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Study 2 of the Alexander-Helios, oil paint on canvas, 18 x 24
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Study of the Marble Head of a Companion of Odysseus, oil paint on canvas, 18 x 25, private collection, Oxford, AL