Charles Kerins

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Naval Aviator www. CPO                                         www.Vet  Arthur Carr Wiegand

 

 (click on picture for larger images)

           

                Cardinal Cushing                       President John F. Kennedy

 

             

Bassil Fitzgerald                                       Fr. John T. Corr  CSC

                    

  Fr. Richard H. Sullivan  CSC                   Fr. George P. Benaglia  CSC

                        

Fr. James J. Sheehan  CSC                         Fr. Francis J. Boland  CSC

                            

                    Cardinal O'Hara                                Congressman Joseph W. Martin Jr.    

The ten Portraits above are part of the Stonehill College Collection.

The portraits are all 3/4 life size or life size, and were painted in oils at the artist's Scituate, MA studio.  Some were painted from life, others were painted from photo references.   Soon each of the portraits will have a page with a larger view and detailed  closeups.

Laura - detail from an unfinished portrait

A better image of this portrait will be posted soon.

        Portraits were painted at the artist's studio in Scituate, MA.  His studio featured a two story floor to ceiling wall of window on the north side, covering the entire wall, this gave Kerins full natural light to paint by. The plans for the studio were lent to him by Norman Rockwell, an artist he greatly admired.   A large original pencil drawing by Rockwell hung on the west wall,  and a large print of John Singer Sargent's Oyster Gatherers hung on the east wall, above the large stone fireplace.  The studio was set amidst large, old trees and gentle granite ledges, overlooking a salt marsh, it was a perfect place to paint.  A portrait Kerins painted of John Singer Sargent greeted guest to Charles Kerins' home.