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Recent Work
Jan 31, 2018
A new feature for the blog: the latest paintings and portraits available to preview as soon as they come off the easel....
A Dog Portrait in Pencil
Jun 30, 2017
My wife gifted this to her boss's boss on his retirement. As it was done in secret I had to work from some fairly stinky photos, but I managed to piece them together just enough to get it done....
A Self Portrait in Oil
May 31, 2017
Painting a self-portrait that focuses on the grays in skin tones....
Another Portrait of a Long Haired Dachshund
Apr 19, 2017
Tootsie. 11x14, oil on linen. 2017 I've just finished a second version of the portrait of Tootsie, this one done from head-on rather than from the side. Although the photo reference I used was a poorer quality than the first, I think the color scheme and temperature of the light (cool light/war...
Painting a Long Haired Dachshund
Mar 14, 2017
Tootsie. 14x11, oil on linen. 2017 This newly completed painting ranks as one of the most demanding I've ever done: the long hair, head-on lighting, complex shadows, and strong colors all combined to make the work particularly complex. Four iterations of design were tried out before I...
Painting a Horse at Ayrshire Farm
Jan 11, 2017
Shire Horse Charcoal Sketch (WIP). 14x20, charcoal on paper. 2017 As I've done for the past few years, I decided to start the year with an animal painting. I've had a horse that I saw at Ayrshire Farm in VA in my mind for a while and thought this might be a good time to see what I could do with him....