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“Defiance of Brunhilde” 12 x 16 oil on linen panel This portrait was painted in conjunction with the performance of Wagner’s Ring Cycle, which is in its final week in Los Angeles. The model for this painting was a high school student in Orange County, who may have been about the same age as the [...]
The Wanderer’s Journey (Wotan as the Wanderer) 24 x 18 oil on canvas This painting has been selected to be included in a special exhibition coordinated with the production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle in Los Angeles this May. It will be exhibited, for sale, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of The Angels from May [...]
Victorian Lady 9 x 12 oil Along with my landscape painting, I’m getting interested in figurative work, and occasionally make time to paint from a live model as I did this last weekend at Randy Higbee’s studio in Costa Mesa. The assembled painters had the opportunity to paint this lovely woman, Toni, wearing one of [...]
“Precious” Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Puppy 6 x 6 oil on canvas panel SOLD (please inquire about other animal paintings) I saw this little pup last weekend and begged the owner to let me take a picture. I always enjoy doing animal studies and the challenge of fur and dramatic lighting made it a special [...]
“As the Parade Passed By” 12 x 15 watercolor on paper Yesterday I was very happy to learn that this painting has been juried into the upcoming California Art Club exhibition, “Concertos in Color” at the historic Blinn House in Pasadena. The opening reception will be December 7, from 5-7 pm and it is free [...]
“Strength is Beautiful” 15 x 22 watercolor Yesterday I got the very good news that this painting (and an oil painting landscape, which I will post soon) has been accepted into the next California Art Club show at the Women’s City Club in Pasadena. The show will run for six months beginning Saturday, June 23 [...]
Hispanic Man – 8 x 10″ oil on canvas No, I am not putting landscape painting aside; I will continue with it as always, but I am interested in doing some portrait painting in oil, which has an entirely different feel and way of working than portraiture in watercolor. This was painted in one session, [...]
Female portrait – for practice – charcoal on newsprint One of my goals this year was to take a life drawing class – working from a live model. I’ve drawn from models on some other occasions but i was never close enough to get a good look at the head, and the models were nude [...]
(detail) Goldie 9 x 12 oil on panel Today’s painting is a portrait of an anonymous golden retriever I’ll call Goldie, although she looks like a Molly, too. The portrait is actually head and shoulders but I thought I’d take a picture of a closeup of the face since that’s the part I worked on [...]
For the second time this summer, one of my paintings has been chosen as EBSQ art of the day. EBSQ is an organization of self-representing artists who sell their work on eBay, and I’m delighted that the curator chose this as an example to represent the weekly theme of Portraits of Men. In the studio, [...]
