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

Last night I stayed up til 11:00 p.m. working on this painting! I set my easel up next to our dining room, which is where my son studies in the evenings. With all that red the painting gets lost but you can see it in the lower right hand corner on my easel. It’s almost