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Portrait of Oban
Feb 17, 2016
Oban. 12x12, oil on linen panel. 2016. Here's a portrait that I'm putting the finishing touches to. This was done from the customer's own photographs. As you probably can tell, black dogs are really challenging to paint. I like to compare it to playing the piano with just your left hand: it's diffic...
A Valentine's Day Gift
Jan 30, 2016
Hannah and Nikko. 24x30, oil on linen. 2008/9 These are our (now deceased) dogs Hannah and Nikko. I painted this as a Valentine's Day gift for my wife in either 2008 or 2009. It was done in a rush, going from start to finish in just two days, whereas I would typically work on something like t...
Bunny in Progress
Dec 22, 2015
Bunny (WIP). 14x11, oil on linen panel. 2015. It's been a while since I finished any new work so I jumped the gun and posted this one before completing it. This is done from the customer's own photograph. This first layer is painted directly over a (dried) raw umber block in and was done in one sess...
Chester
Oct 14, 2015
Chester. 12x12, oil on linen panel. 2015. This recent commission was based on some reference photos that I'd taken back in 2008. Sadly, Chester passed away unexpectedly this year. I painted the portrait at the same time I was working on another, and having both in the studio at the same time led to ...
A WIP of a New Horse Portrait
Sep 2, 2015
Block In for New Horse Portrait. 24x20, oil on linen. 2015 This is the block in for the commissioned horse portrait I'm currently working on. I did this in two stages: a careful drawing and separation of the light and shadow with raw umber, and when that had dried I applied layers of terra rosa/yell...
Charcoal Study for New Horse Portrait
Aug 29, 2015
Charcoal Study for New Horse Portrait. approx 20x16. 2015 While I usually do these value designs as small 5x7 pencil sketches, when I’m working on a larger portrait I will often take a full sheet of paper and work out the design in charcoal. It helps to give a feel for the scale of what I'm ab...