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A Sketch Portrait of Shakespeare the Cat
May 29, 2014
Shakespeare. 8x10, oil on linen. 2014 Last weekend one of the patrons at Upperville Stable Tour asked me if I ever painted portraits of cats. In truth I paint about 30 dogs for every cat I attempt, although I'm not sure why there is such a great imbalance. After dwelling on this for a few days I dec...
Chicken Thursday
Apr 10, 2014
Chicken Thursday. approx. 16" x 16" oil on linen. Unmounted. 2014. The latest painting off the easel. It is currently unmounted so there are a few natural hills and valleys in the surface of the linen which you can see in this image. This is one of the chickens I photographed last weekend at G...
A New Portrait of Nikko
Mar 20, 2014
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...
Chicken Friday
Mar 16, 2014
Chicken Friday. 12" x 12" oil on linen/panel. 2014 I started off this painting by massing in the darks and lights using a mix of burnt umber and terra rosa. I let the block in dry thoroughly before painting in the final layers which I did in one long painting session. I used a loose edge in most of ...
A Step in the Right Direction
Mar 6, 2014
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...
A Portrait of Ezekiel and Natasha
Jan 25, 2014
Ezekiel and Natasha. 20" x 20" oil on linen. 2014. This commissioned portrait was worked on for about 6 weeks from the beginning of December 2013 through the middle of January 2014 (I mention this as a note to my future self when I start to grumble about how long a painting is taking). Ezekiel and N...