Kirby (as he allows me to call him) was visiting his artist friend at the Open Studios last weekend. Even as he limped along with his cane, I thought he seemed to be an interesting person and had an even more interesting face.
As he was about to leave, I struck up a conversation with him and learned how he teaches enlisted soldiers 'Sadistics' [Statistics] at Travis Airforce Base and his cousin is a Juliard Alumni who now plays trumpet for the likes of Michael Buble and the Jonas Brothers. Jumaane Smith has the unique ability to hit a 3 chord note, something his mentor Wynton Marsalis cannot even do.
I did a quite sketch from the many photos he allowed to take of him using the 2 inch view finder screen on my camera. I gave him the original and that is why this photo is not the best quality of the 8x10 pen on paper rendering.
You may [or may not] recall the sketch I did of Kirby Cooper PHD during the Open Studios a couple of weekends ago. I finally did the painting I wanted of this man last night. I think it looks more like him because it features his piercing blue eyes and his beautiful white hair and beard.
