Green Tee 6x8 oil

Worked from photo today

3 Roses 5x18 oil

Back to portraits tomorrow.

Artist Blog

I was thinking about the things that I like to paint and portraits share the top of my list. Nothing satisfies me more than succeeding in catching the humanity behind the eyes or finding the nearly told story emanating from the lips. Give me the gesture of the turn or the smooth cheek, the rough cheek, give to me a fellow human and I will revel in trying to catch some quintessence.

Tiger etching

I had a request for a tiger etching

Profile charcoal

I have a lot of irons in the fire right now so just a drawing posted today.

Van Gogh

+ Van Gogh, among others, believed in the religion of art, which, whatever else it involved, made it clear that art is more than the sum of its material characteristics and not simply a reflection of everyday life.

Walk 10x14 oil

Different strokes painting

A drawing

b right back

Showing Art oil sketch

Art show this weekend

17 min sketch charcoal

Maybe I should name everything I do by how long it takes me.

Kamon pastel sketch

Blog

Just a lot of prep work today ,getting 5 canvass ready for paintings with the gold color as a starting point.

Cat sketch charcoal

He is just waiting for the fish to come a little closer.