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 [...]
When I started this series of musical instruments I wasn’t entirely sure where I was going to find my subjects. In a desperate plea, I propositioned my Facebook friends, “Does anyone have a stringed musical instrument that I could paint?” Eric Glad, a friend I hadn’t seen in a long time, was the first to [...]
