This is a model from a couple of evenings ago, I took the photo in the Art League School studio where I painted the model and it’s not the best photo. I gave the painting to the model, he was so happy to have it. He said nobody had ever given him a painting before.

Finally I have something to post! This is a painting that is in progress of a young model. I did paint a couple of times last week but I don’t like the results well enough to post. I attempted a model and her baby (not my idea) and I will spare you that painting. Note

What do you do when you have a group of painters and the model doesn’t show up? Put a couple of ugly stuffed animals in her place and practice putting paint on a canvas. Okay, the little bear, or whatever it is with the hat on the left isn’t so bad, but the other one!

You can click on the image for a close-up. This is a painting of my daughter, she is home from college for the holidays. She was a little reluctant about modeling for me but I talked her into it and it was fun after all. I mean it was fun for her, I knew it

I am getting ready to have a one man show at our church. I have 20 paintings to hang, you see 15 of them on the living room floor in the photo above, the other 5 are still at the framer. I have my price list made and I’m also having the printer make a

A few days before Christmas my mother spent the afternoon at my house and we baked cookies with my daughter and a neighbor. What a fun day we had! After three hours of cookie baking I asked my mom if I could take some photos of her so I could paint her. She was glad

This is a portrait of Marissa in oil, it’s 22″x28″. (You can click on the image for a close up view.) Her grandmother commissioned me to paint her portrait so I took some good photos and I chose this one to paint for myself. I need a sample portrait for future shows and Marissa is

This is a painting of my son studying in our dining room, it’s 9″x12″ oil on linen canvas. My vantage point is from the entry hall where I set up my easel. He studies at the dining room almost every evening and I know he’ll love this painting in about 20 years! I really enjoyed