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Warlock
Jan 29, 2015
Warlock. 22x18, oil on linen. 2015. This commissioned painting of Warlock is the third horse portrait of the year. I tried to paint the edges as dynamically as possible to create the illusion of depth and to make the head more prominent. There's also some sleight-of-hand occurring: I made...
Pier 66 and Brusque (Final Versions)
Jan 19, 2015
Pier 66. 24x30, oil on linen. 2015 It is often hard to draw a line underneath your work and call it finished. I thought I had completed this portrait but the very next day I saw some areas that clearly weren't right. The day after that I made some more changes. For these conformation portraits of re...
Study of a Horse at Trappe Farm Revisited
Feb 22, 2014
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...
Starting a new painting
Nov 21, 2012
The start of a new painting. 24x30 in oil on Claessens #12DP. I've outlined the horse in Conte crayon so that I can play around with the design and get the drawing down very accurately before putting paint on the canvas. I've erased most of the lines I used to place the crit...