Here is what I painted today. I thought about all the things that I like about painting and tried to keep that in mind while painting. I took some photos of a model in a ballet outfit (which I bought on e-Bay) a while ago so I went through those and found one I thought

I’ve recovered from the weekend show. I realize now that one of the benefits of doing that show was to see the sea of artwork out there. It was a sea of color, frames, landscapes, figures, and still lifes. Nothing stood out. I don’t think those mesh walls helped, but that’s what we have to

Thank you friends for the good luck wishes for the show this weekend! The first thought that comes to my mind about this two day show was that it was a lot of work! I did a little bit of set-up Friday night, then Saturday morning I worked on price tags, various little signs for

Today I finished this painting of Ella that I started last week. This painting is oil on linen canvas and is 18″x24″. This canvas size is pretty large and was ambitious for me. I had fun with this composition, I like the way her shoulders are angled one way and her legs the other. I

My studio needed cleaning so I’ve been spending a little time each day straightening and organizing my studio. Sorting through my canvases I came across a couple of 8″x10″s that I decided to varnish, frame, and put in the upcoming group show this weekend. I also had some smaller paintings from months ago that I

This is a painting I did last night in a 3 hour model lab. I decided to leave all preconceived notions about what a portrait should be like behind and just have fun with this portrait. I had already painted this model once and I am happy with my results, so all the pressure was

Yesterday I thought I had better get over to the framer to see about ordering a frame for the portrait of the little girl. I would like to have this portrait hanging as a sample at the group show I’ll be in on January 31st. Sometimes my framer needs to order the frame stock from