Five Words - Five Visual Interpretations - Art House Coop Canvas Project

Top to Bottom: Order, Density, Snowman, TopStar, Reverence.
My five interpretations to the words - Acrylic on 3"x3" canvas. Art House Co-Op Canvas Project - they sure do have fun projects. It was more of a challenge than I anticipated, the canvases are really small compared to what I was working on this past weekend, when the smallest size was 16"x20"!

Painting Workshop at Gage Academy

This is the final painting of a weekend painting workshop, taught by artist Barbara Fugate, I took at Gage Academy. The piece is 24"x36", oils on stretched canvas. It took approximately 7 hours. This painting is done in a Orange/Blue color scheme, shallow spatial depth, with strong diagonals and underlying ellipses that help unify the composition. It was a lot of space to cover. It would have been nice to have another day or two to work on it - but I am happy with what I did. Great class.

Tres Amigos -1st Pass

This painting is approximately 6"x 8" on MDF panel. The subject are three animal vases I found in Bali, Indonesia. I really wanted to do a grouping of them together! It was a challenging subject because the greens are very close in color, and not an easy color to re-create! It feels a little unfinished up close, so a second (or even third) pass is still an option.

Portrait Commissions - Gone to the Dogs!

Here are two paintings I made for my friend Curtis. Both paintings are on 8x10 wood panel, in oil paints. One more to come! The subject is his adorable little girl - Brandi - a minpin.