"Over the last 18 months I’ve worked on a continuing series of oil painting head studies of friends and regular models, and this one of DeAndre is a special favorite because I placed him against the obscure glass of my big studio windows and painted ‘contre-jour’, against the daylight, which gave deep, profound shadows to this near-silhouette image. One of the many military men I’ve worked with in San Diego, DeAndre is a beautiful man in great shape and I’d very much like to work with him again soon." Binnie, May 8, 2021
