Faraway Farm IV
Mar 20, 2015
Fields at Faraway Farm IV. 11x14, oil on linen panel. 2015. About 18 months ago I did a series of paintings at Faraway Farm near Upperville, VA. This week I revisited one of those plein air pieces and used it as the basis for a studio painting. To make it more interesting I re-imagined the compositi...
Sierra Lane, Looking West
Mar 11, 2015
Sierra Lane Looking West. 9x12, oil on linen panel. 2015 If you're a regular traveler to Lovettsville, VA on route 287 you will probably recognize this scene - it's the field at Sierra Lane, looking towards Short Hill/South Mountain. I wandered around in the field after a recent snowfall to tr...
Color Study for Workshop Demo Painting
Mar 10, 2015
Hannah Color Study. 8x10 oil on linen. 2015 For the people who have signed up for my workshop on 24th March I will be doing a demonstration painting using a photograph of my dog Hannah. If you would like to paint along with me please feel free to click on the link below and download the image ...
New Rooster Painting
Mar 4, 2015
Rooster (study). 20x28, charcoal on paper. 2015 Before starting a new, larger, work I thought it would be a good idea to first develop the concept with some charcoal on paper. What I'm going for is to better integrate the subject with the background. Ideally I'd like for this to be an abstract...
Spartacus
Mar 3, 2015
Spartacus. 14x14, oil on linen panel. 2015. It has been a busy last couple of days: painted this portrait, started another, finished another, made changes to two others, painted a color study, stretched and primed two canvases, then toned 6 panels. I painted this sketch portrait from the customer's ...
Painting at Woodgrove Meadows
Feb 25, 2015
Sketch Club Painting at Woodgrove Meadows. 11x14, oil on linen panel. 2015 Beginning with a gradated color wash over a simple raw umber block that was already dry, I managed to finish the final layer of this painting in one (long) day. What drew my eye to this scene was the contrast o...