Lauren

The National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) had a fundraiser.  I donated a portrait.  

 This painting was done for the winning bidders.

Lauren

20 x 16 in.

Oil on fine Belgian linen

Shana

Just finished this portrait of Shana for some friends.

Shana

20" x 16"

oil on fine belgian linen

Daisies and Carnations

Daisies and Carnations

In the style of Fantin-Latour, the master painter of flowers, this still-life just completed while working at Chiaroscuro Studio of Art in Miami.  Learning to push and pull chroma and values, while creating a pleasing composition and keeping everything in balance is quite the challenge.

20" x 16"

oil on birch panel
This painting is available at:  
http://www.dailypaintworks.com/buy/auction/758797

Never Again

A tribute to one of the largest groups of law enforcement officers in America, the men and women professional airline pilots of the Federal Flight Deck Officer's program

Never Again

12" x 20"

oil on linen

For those interested in the process:

Drawing

Value Study

First painting of hat, table top (block in)

Continuation of first painting 

Refinement of shapes and values

Continuation of refinement of shapes and enhancement of light

Adding texture and form to cloth

Ready for final shape refinement of gun and glazing of darks.

After Christensen's Solitary Life

Worked with a DVD by Scott Christensen this week, 

painting along as he demonstrated.

28 x 28"

oil on linen