Here we are...

Well, here we are:

This is the studio prior to my embarkation onto the journey that is "Big Alan (What Fucking Bubble?) I". In fact, you can see the gessoed canvas on the right side.



This is a close-up of my Bernanke painting. Which, really, when I unrolled it after X number of months, looks fabulous--better than I remember. Very reminiscent of Soviet-era propaganda images. Bernanke as Lennin. Imagine. It's been getting a lot of positive comments.



You can see my resource image of Big Alan taped to the right side.

Which brings me to this, which, although not close to done, at least looks like the guy it's supposed to look like:



Which is a relief, let me tell you.