Since I can’t get into my studio and paint . . . . I’m painting things outside the studio. Here is a quick sketch of my son at our dining room table studying. This is where he likes to study in the evenings. I sketched him last night. I’ll transfer this to a 9″x12″ canvas

Ten days ago a client brought over her grandchild for a portrait. While the grandmother was getting the little girl ready for the portrait in our kitchen, I snapped a couple of photos. When I saw this one I just had to paint it. This is one of the few interior scenes I’ve painted and

Well, I wish I had a painting to go with this post, but I don’t. I don’t know what happened to the week, the sheetrockers have been here all week and I’ve been . . . . I guess there have been errands associated with the remodel for me to run. Picking out paint, wood

I’ve been painting small lately. My studio is under construction so I’ve set up my easel in the kitchen. Sometimes the kitchen is like Grand Central Station, but usually I can find a corner, set up a still life and paint for a while. Last night I painted the two pears you see above, it’s

This is a tiny painting, 4″x5″, something I was experimenting with over the weekend. I did have a little vase full of orange flowers and I had a little bit of time to paint. My large easel is set up in the kitchen now, which is not ideal, there is a lot of traffic going

These are the pumkins that my son carved for Halloween, he’s 14. We had them by the front door last night for all the trick-or-treaters to see when they came for candy. The pumpkin in the middle (top) is a French pumkin with a beret, the one on the right has sunglasses and the one

Here is my son with his “Cannibal” pumpkin. I think he’s carved about 5 pumpkins this week, it’s a lot of fun to see what he comes up with. Not everything is scary, he carved Bugs Bunny too. I’m getting tired of my studio remodel so I can only imagine how boring it must be

This is the fourth week of the studio remodel and I miss my studio! But you can see from the photos that progress is being made. Next the roof will be removed, the dormer built and a new roof put on. This whole “project” is a lot more involved than I thought it would be,