Grandpa's Portrait Work - Ken West Photography

A selection of my Grandfather's Portrait Paintings and B&W Photos. My grandfather was a fine portrait painter, both oil and watercolor, and his award-winning photographs traveled in national salon exhibitions throughout the U.S, Canada, and Europe.

My Grandfather - HGW-1 - Self Portrait - Oil on Canvas

New Family Member - HGW-2 - B&W Paper Print

Sophisticate - HGW-3 - B&W Paper Print

Apples Preferred - HGW-4 - B&W Paper Print

Maddona Moderne - HGW-5 - B&W Paper Print

Juliette - HGW-6 - B&W Paper Print

Oh Yeah - HGW-7 - B&W Paper Print

My Mother - HGW-9 - Oil on Canvas

My Sister - HGW-10 - Watercolor

My Grandmother - HGW-11 - Hazel Dell (Fidella) at the age of 19. when she married my grandfather. Grandpa would ride on horseback cross country to court her. At the age of 16 she passed the Missouri "State Teacher's Examination" with very high marks and became the youngest, qualified school teacher in the State of Missouri at the time. She taught grades 1 through 8 in a local country school house. - Watercolor

My Grandmother - HGW-12 - Hazel Dell, Grandpa's wife and business partner - Oil on canvas

Portrait of a Young Lady - HGW-14 - Watercolor

My Great Grandfather - HGW-15 - Daniel Marion West - unfinished painting by Granpa of his father. He was working on this painting around the age of 90.

My Great Grandmother - HGW-16 - Grandpa's mother at 16 or 17 years old (1890 or 1891). He painted this in 1985 based upon a photo - Oil on canvas - 8 X 10 inches

The Sea Wolf - HGW-17 - Painting of my father as a young boy dressed up as a pirate - Oil on Canvas