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Three New Portraits
Oct 13, 2013
Gadget (Blue), Bailey (Lavender) and Nikki (Ochre), 11x14 oil on linen. 2013. I painted these three papillons with different color backgrounds because they will be hung next to each other on the same wall. I wanted to make the arrangement of the portraits an artistic display in its own right. ...
Gearing up For the Fall Season, Continued
Sep 10, 2013
Portrait of 798. Oil on linen. 16"x16". 2013. For sale at Waterford Fair. This is the second painting I created for the Red Barn Art Exhibit at the Waterford Fair. This heifer was one of the herd at Rocky Pointe farm that I visited late last month. The abstract idea behind the painting w...
Gearing up For the Fall Season
Sep 9, 2013
Speckled Chicken. 12"x12". Oil on linen. 2013. For sale at Waterford Fair. The first weeks of September find me getting prepared for the fall shows and fairs in which I participate every year. This season I will have my usual display booth at Bluemont Fair (Sep 21, 22) as well as having some w...
Pasture Fed
Aug 12, 2013
I found some holstein cown just across the river in Maryland, but they were not at all cooperative about having their picture taken. So I stuck with the herd that I found earlier in the summer and made a painting from the photos I took at the side of the road in Purcellville. I've offered this...
Portrait of Zeke
Jun 23, 2013
Zeke. Oil on linen 14" x 24". 2013 I knew as soon as I had finished taking some photographs of him how I would approach the painting of Zeke (at least as far the background was concerned) and finding the right canvas size was straighforward once I did a couple of small sketches. Putting ...
A Portrait in Pencil
Jun 9, 2013
This is my latest portrait, a rescued German Shepherd called Nick. I do pencil sketches all the time as studies or as preparatory drawings for my portraits and landscapes, but it's been a while since my last formal portrait in pencil. I used a full sheet of Arches hot press watercolor paper - ...