Oil on Linen 12″ x 16″ Same model, two views. Oil on Linen 12″ x 12″
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Cloaked
11″x 14″ Oil on Linen “Cloaked” is essentially the next- generation in the “Divide Series”. Much like the original “Divide Series”, there is a barrier-a separation between the individual and the world. In this new series, the divide takes the form of a headpiece. Its connotations may or may not be religious, from a time long past, …
Young
A new series. I’m not sure how many pieces I want to make or how far I want to take it, but this series is pretty straight forward. It’s about being very young-on the brink of adulthood. It’s not about nostalgia, but instead an unflinching look at the close to the surface intensity of older teens and …
The Show!
Yesterday was a great day. I ‘m still a little glowie. Many many thanks to the amazing friends who came to see the show and celebrate with me. Dear friends traveled many hours to be there. Wonderful friends I hadn’t seen since high school came. Former students, current students, neighbors, family of students past …
Girls In Sight
I’m pleased to invite you all to the opening of my show. It’s called “Girls In Sight”. If the images above look familiar it’s because the paintings that will be on exhibit are the very illustrations/portraits of the young women in my book “Portrait of a Girl and Her Art”. They are oil, mixed media, …
Portrait
Finished. A fairly large commissioned portrait of siblings. My client requested a tightly styled, formal, smiling portrait of the four kids-two sets of twins! The greatest challenge? Rendering really attractive children.
Pause #25
Pause, for Father’s Day
In honor of my Dad, for Father’s Day, I will be posting separate Pause pieces originating from the oil on wood studies of my parents, above. I have not identified my Pause models before, but I feel that I’d like to acknowledge my parents with these pieces and the several Pause depictions yet to be …
Raw Material
Pause #19
Pause #18
Pause Compilation #16
I though it might be interesting to view a compilation of images that all originate from a single subject.
Oil Portraits for Pause
I thought you might be curious about the origins of the Pause final prints. Below are the oil paintings that are the basis for the final photo print distortions, thus far. Different from paintings as an end product, these paintings are literally a means to an end; serving multiple manipulations and the final photographic prints.
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