J Ellory Boisdorf 

I am a Chicago area artist living in Plainfield, IL.    I started drawing at a very young age, took an art class in high school, a couple of art classes in college, and have continued to study and take classes and work shops to develop my art.

I've focused on human portraits for the last couple of years, with an occasional pet portrait for good measure.  Painting the human face has been a real challenge.  In 2016 I did a portrait and was not happy with the results.  This led me to a David Grey workshop in February 2017 where I learned to paint portraits with oil paint (as opposed to water soluable oils.)  What a great workshop!  I am redoing the 2016 portrait and it's coming out much better.

I'm trying different subjects and will eventually focus my efforts in a particular category.  (Landscapes, portraits, wildlife, whatever.)