Friday
This is a model that I painted a while ago. On a Friday. I was experimenting with using more interpretive color. It’s 20″x24″ oil on canvas. $550 plus $20 shipping.
Eiffel Tower Commission
A dear friend of mine commissioned me to paint a scene from Paris. Though the Eiffel Tower can be a bit cliche, I had a photo of it at night so we went with that. Me and my big mouth! I had never painted a night scene before but as soon as I got over
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Tree line
I painted this plein air the other day, it was a pretty sunny November day. I liked the contrast of the dark line of trees and the lighter field in front of the trees. It is 8″x10″ oil on canvas. I don’t usually post my paintings in frames but this frame looks so good on
Yellow Kimono
I did this from life a few days ago. The model is lit from behind so most of my view is in shadow, it was a great opportunity to paint some rich colors into the shadows. This is a 12″ x 16″ oil on canvas. Click on the image for a close up.
Jack-o-lantern class
On Wednesday afternoons I volunteer to teach art to a group of disabled adults. The last two weeks I made the lesson plan and this week we painted a jack-o-lantern for Halloween! I make four painted canvases for the class, each canvas showing progressively more of the painting. At the end of the 2 hour
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Art Show report
The art show at my church last weekend was a successful show and I think all the artists that participated sold at least 2 or 3 items. Since it’s a small show attended mostly by our parishioners, it’s a safe place for an artist to put there work “out there” for the first time. We
Many churches
As promised here are my paintings of the church doors. Each one is 6″x6″ oil on linen canvas mounted on foamcore. They are on my easel. I painted 3 chapel door paintings a couple of days ago so I got ambitious and painted 4 of the church doors. This little scene is a lot more
Many chapels
This is what my easel looked like a couple of days ago. I’ve been painting the chapel doors at our church for an upcoming show. I have pretty little gold frames on order from the framer and as soon as the paintings are dry they’ll be framed. I will sell them framed for $150 each