There is something compelling about a chair. When I first started painting chairs, I felt removed from them. I chose to place them in an empty space, but didn’t crop in on them too close. Here, I have taken a closer look. These paintings are portraits. Just as any person would be immortalized with a [...]
I frequently get asked what kind of paints I use. Typically, I use Winsor Newton acrylic paint – the good stuff. But there are exceptions.
When I start a painting, I coat the entire canvas with an underlying base color. I’ll use just about anything when I do this. It’s not unusual for me to use [...]
This art piece was commissioned by a dear friend and colleague of mine. She had very specific criteria for this large painting. She wanted a picture of a window that looks out onto a large lush tree with foliage that was so full that you could barely see the sky. I named the painting “Maple [...]
Upon returning after a year in Seville, Spain, my sister brought home hundreds of photographs. How could I resist painting them? This is a painting of the Puente de Triana, located in Triana, a neighborhood in Seville, Spain. This iconic bridge is also called by its popular name Puente de Isabel II. Built in 1862 [...]
I took a picture of an old boat while I was in Ilwaco, Washington. My wife and I were on a road trip on the scenic highway 101. We had started our adventure in Hoodsport, WA, and we had just passed through Long Beach, WA on our way to the Redwoods of California. In Ilwaco [...]
This is the last violin painting in a series of five! I rarely have the attention span for five paintings of the same subject! I am ready to move on to other subject matter. Landscapes, perhaps? I have a ton of pictures of Europe from my sister who is currently living in Spain. You might [...]
This is a small 10″w x 8″h painting that is meant to compliment the other violin paintings in this series entitled “Fit as a Violin”.
Yes, it’s another violin. In this painting I tried something slightly different. I wanted to explore a unique angle. A violinist would see it from this angle when it’s cradled under their chin. Ahh… just you wait. There are two more violin paintings to come!
If you have been following my work for a while you may have noticed that the style of painting varies widely. This painting represents a departure from my most recent work which incorporates an exploration of distressed textures. In this case, I’ve chosen to aim for realism.
Painting the reflections in this picture was the most [...]
This painting was even more fun to paint than the first. I love the dramatic lighting and the contrast of magenta and cadmium yellow.
To achieve the interesting distressed background I started by covering the canvas with a thick layer of acrylic paint. Once the paint was tacky I layered crumpled tissue paper. Once the background [...]
