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Bradford
Mar 20, 2015
Bradford. 14x11, oil on linen panel. 2015. The portrait sketch of Bradford is now finished. I made a few small tweaks to the nose and collar and did some general tidying up since it was first posted. ...
Color Study for Workshop Demo Painting
Mar 10, 2015
Hannah Color Study. 8x10 oil on linen. 2015 For the people who have signed up for my workshop on 24th March I will be doing a demonstration painting using a photograph of my dog Hannah. If you would like to paint along with me please feel free to click on the link below and download the image ...
Spartacus
Mar 3, 2015
Spartacus. 14x14, oil on linen panel. 2015. It has been a busy last couple of days: painted this portrait, started another, finished another, made changes to two others, painted a color study, stretched and primed two canvases, then toned 6 panels. I painted this sketch portrait from the customer's ...
A Black Faced Ram
Dec 19, 2014
Black Faced Ram Sketch. 8x8, oil on linen. 2014 I painted this small sketch of a black faced ram at Weatherlea Farm in part because I wanted to try a creating something a little darker than usual. I had taken a series of photos in the shadow cast by the large barn and there was only a trace o...
Study of 806
Dec 8, 2014
Study of 806. 8x10, oil on linen panel. 2014. 806 was one of the young heifers at Rocky Point Farm in Point of Rocks, MD where I spent a morning in the pasture with the young cows. I've been meaning to paint this Holstein cow for the last 18 months and I plan to turn this small sketch in to a l...
A Fall Painting
Dec 4, 2014
Weatherlea. 12x9, oil on linen panel. 2014. This is a small sketch of a scene at Weatherlea Farm in Lovettsville. My aim was to transpose all the colors so the whole painting was saturated with the feeling of fall. I used the modified Ned Jacob palette that I've been experimenting with recently beca...