I think this is the first time I've ever painted a Ghost. When Robin posed here, I knew I had to do this. Only bad thing is that I started this painting five days before Halloween and knew I wouldn't finish it in time for Hallows eve, so I did it anyway. I had fun with the Tombstones and wall too. This pose was done at Waveland, it's a great place to visit. Some people don't believe and I can't understand that, but maybe they haven't had the experiences I have. It's scary when it happens...usually, but cool to think about later. I may do another, it would be a cool sereis. Hope you enjoy. Have fun!
Hey everyone! I've been working on many works, but haven't put any out here..............until now! My Half Sister wanted me to do a portrait of her and her brother on a horse. This was a really hard one to do because of the size of the original picture. Facial details are impossible to make out, so I was really drawing on instincts, trying to make things out. I also used this as a chance to use an old love...Color Pencils! I love seeing realistic art from Color Pencils. Hope you do too. Take care!
Here is that painting. Drawing Nearer. I have had it done for a while and thought I'd shown here. Opps. I'm pretty happy with this one. It's nice to be painting again.
Hey everyone, I'm back again. This month my work is being shown at the Hub in Danville Ky, http://www.thehubcoffeehousencafe.com/ While hanging the exhibit, these two pieces may have been sold. The potential buyers wanted me to sign them on the front and frame one. I did but don't know if they were bought yet. I never count them as sold until money actually changes hands. You get lots of "I'll buy it next week", but that promise often falls through. We will see what happenes next. But if you are in Danville, stop by. It's a good little coffe-eatery shop too. Take care everyone!
Hello again, it's been quite a while. I've had a lot going on. I've been moving, helping take care of my Dad who recently passed away, and went through a horrible Art depression. I vowed to never paint again, but here I am. It's been a rough Summer. And Spring too. But I'm back, can't stop painting, never really wanted to anyway, I just had to learn that. Well, here is my newest work, still in progress, but it's good to be back in the saddle. You can see my drawing. I'm bad about keeping to a certain size when I draw. It was supposed to be small and on one piece of paper, instead of three. That's ok though, I can work with it. I'll show you more in a few days. Take care everyone.
Sometimes while painting on wood I have these hidden pitfalls, such as the pivet of wood missing in the painting Windblown. I didn't see it until the painting was almost done and I had to hit it with some sandpaper. I had to sand off the ridges until it all smoothed out. I've heard some people cringe when I do this or paint black over the entire painting and start again, but if it needs repaired it needs it, or if it needs starting all over, so be it. I want to get it right. Just thought that might be interesting, Take care and have fun!
Hello again! This is my newest painting The Whisper. It's kind of a Romantic piece, I haven't really done any, maybe I should do more. You might have to zoom in to get more of that Romantic look I'm talking about. It's always good to try new moods, but here again I had fum playing with the sunlight in the pic. And, I don't know if I had mentioned, I'm on Etsy now so if anyone wants to buy artwork from me, check out Etsy...I'm there!
Here is my newest work, maybe the first of the year, I'm not sure. Here the model is against a tree at the UK Arboretum. I've actually wanted to do this painting for a year or two, but wanted to do it at the right time. I may do some more out of the woods style paintings, but I don't think I want to get away from nature. Not too much. I just want something a little different. Here I got to play with the sunlight more than usual, it was fun! I may do some indoor paintings next. For the next post, I'll show some work I had to do to get this one right. Sanding and everything! Take care and have fun!
Good news, I just sold another painting, Morning of Reflection, to my friend and very talented and respected artist Patrick Lynch and his wife Valerie. I was happy to have them purchase this one. It's nice to sell a painting but when another painter like Patrick buys one, that's a huge compliment. He's very good, everyone check out his site at http://www.beautifulpast.net/ That's them in the photo above, they have a neat house too. I'm almost done with my next painting and I'll be back soon. Cheers.
Hey everyone! I've been working on this one for quiet a while. This is Robin at the Tom Dorman Nature Sanctuary in Garrard county. I wanted a picture of her on this rock and it worked out pretty good. After I got it done, I decided it needed more so I added a Recorder to add to the mood as well as the visuals of this piece. Heh, it was also nice to do a painting with more leg. She has great legs, so I needed to make sure to do more paintings with them. I was also happy with the hillside. Sometimes it's hard to make a hill seem as steep as it really is, but I got it in this painting. I think this is my third try to get this painting right. The other two, besides other problems, didn't have the hill right. This being titled, "A Song in the Woods," is my first paintng in 2010. Hope you enjoy!
