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Portrait of Maya

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Maya. 16x20, oil on linen. 2014. I used the client's own photos to paint this portrait of Maya. What made the whole thing click was the abstract sense in which there's a cool shadow area in front of a warmly lit background. Since the original photo was taken using a cellphone I struggled to get the ...

A Few More Sketches and Studies for the Studio Tour

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I've been prodigiously busy this week so I'm going to spare the effort of writing a separate post for each painting and, instead, group a few together.  All the paintings will be for sale at stop #4 on the WLAST tour. Barry. 8"x6", oil on linen panel. 2014. I painted this small picture of Barr...

Rams Head

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Ram's Head.  11x14, oil on linen. 2014 A new sketch portrait which will be for sale at the Western Loudoun Artist's Studio Tour in June.  This ram is one of several I found at Willow Hawk Farm in Lovettsville. Like the sheep portrait I painted at the end of last year I decided to paint thi...

A New Portrait of Nikko

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Nikko - repaint. 20" x 16" oil on linen panel. 2014 I painted this portrait of Nikko over the course of two days this week on top of a block in that I had completed two weeks ago. With the block-in dry and working on a very familiar subject I was able to get the final layer on in a single day, howev...

A Step in the Right Direction

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A Step in the Right Direction. 16" x 12" oil on linen panel. 2014 I spent most of February 2014 working on landscape paintings, some of which were more successful than others.  For a change of pace I looked through some photos I took last year and found some nice images of a rooster that I'd pr...

Study of a Horse at Trappe Farm Revisited

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Horse at Trappe Farm.  9" x 12" oil on linen/panel. 2014   After letting the painting sit for a few weeks I decided to revisit the study of the filly.  I decided try a simple background around the horse to give the painting more interest. The setting I used was taken from a view at an...