This is an oil painting that I’ve been working on but this afternoon I decided to wipe it off. I had expected to be able to wipe the whole painting off with a rag dipped in turp but not all of it came off. Instead of getting my palette knife and scraping when I got

This is a painting of a little cowboy that I saw when I went over last week to take pictures of the trail riders riding into Memorial Park. He’s all dressed up for the Houston Rodeo! I took about 100 photos and most were of people on their horses, but when I went through the

This is oil on canvas, 9″x12″. This painting was so much fun. I started it with the intention of painting a very loose painting with broad strokes but I guess the subject ended up dictating the way I handled the paint instead of me. As I painted, the subject showed that it lent itself to

Here is my model again. Another 14″x18″ oil on canvas. I continue to try and work looser with my brushstrokes, keeping a good overall design and accurate color in mind. The background colors are greyed to keep the focus on the figure. It seems lately I’ve been only painting figures. I used to paint landscapes

What a day! I have been going back and forth about whether or not I want to do a Spring Market next week at one of the big churches here in Houston. One hundred vendors and lots of standing around on my feet. One of the reasons I told myself I shouldn’t do it –

This is a 12″x16″ oil on linen canvas. I originally started it thinking I would cut it down to whatever composition worked but ended up adding a table and used the whole canvas. This is canvas mounted on Gatorfoam, which I can cut with a knife to any size I want after the painting is

Ohhh, this is what I enjoy doing! This is the same model whose painting I started last week but instead of finishing what I started, I started a new painting of just her face. That’s because painting a face is my favorite thing to do. This is 11″x14″ oil on linen canvas. She’s looking down