I paint faces. I like the way light plays across the landscape of a face. As I begin to work, I tend to look at the painting in an abstract way -- as color and value and texture -- and only as I step back, do I really see how it has come together with any connection to reality.

john.livengood.1@gmail.com

Photo: Michael Nalley www.michaelnalleyphotography.com

Selected work

the latest

self-chosen portraits

honorable people of montgomery

context and contrast

near & dear

the fallen

homages