In the middle of last year I posted that my body was 'broken' and was not supporting my posting to the forum. Well, I had six months of excellent medical treatment and have progressively overcome what was a difficult time, both for my health and me personally.

I have been contributing for a while to Issabella's 'Landscapes and Shapes' thread, but now is the right time for this old guy to revert to his OMG threads and recommence posting to them. Thanks again to all my Gimp friends (especially Issa and Ella) for the terrific support given to me in this period.

So here goes. A fantasy portrait denoting 'War and Peace', with the later content stemming from my hippie days.

I'm very happy to hear such excellent news. You've shown tremendous courage in overcoming such a difficult time in your life.
So, I'm really glad you're still in the mood to pursue your hobby and creativity.
Your thread is very artistic, and it's always a pleasure to see each of your creations. Thanks OMG.

So glad to read you're doing better, OMG, both physically and mentally.
Have fun creating your portraits.
And enjoy expressing your creativity


Your latest portrait is very topical, unfortunately ...

Issabella, Ella and Wallace - thank you so much for your comments.

Here is a sketch portrait inspired by and dedicated to Issabella, who likes ladies in big hats

Yes! I love that style and yours is even better. Thanks
Great job.

Very stylish, OMG

Keep up the good work!

My portrait of Erin Molan, an Aussie journalist/TV sports presenter.

I like that one OMG but I notice she has blue eyes

I had some spare time so modified your portrait a bit. Harder than I thought with different color profiles and even monitor type.

@Tas - you are right, I need to lift my game on the final result after all the preliminary effort. You are also right about different monitors. Anyway, I made a few changes.

That looks a lot better OMG congratulations. I notice your anti-war, nuclear disarmament avatar is now animated

Very nice portrait, OMG.

Tas and Issa - thank you.

Here is my portrait of another Aussie TV presenter, Karina Carvalho.

That's good OMG. Portraits like this are very hard to do. I've watched Anh Do doing them and they are impressionist.

Very good OMG

I admire your portraits, OMG. So many details and aspects to be able to do them, and you always get very good results.

That's really well done, OMG.
The light and shadow on her face give it depth. The curly hair turned out great, too.
Your portraits just keep getting better and better

Tas_mania, Sallyanne, Issabella and Ella - thank you all for your comments. Yes, Ella, the curly hair was a new challenge

I don't think I quite 'nailed' this one, but anyway, here is my portrait of a youngish Annie Lennox in the 1980s, when she was exploring her androgynous self.