Stretch

Alla prima 16″x 20″ Oil on Linen While struggling with the  next set of “Cloaked” paintings,  I felt the need to work with a big brush, my favorite male model and some color!

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, …

One, Two, Three

Occasionally, someone will ask about my painting process. I have in the past, posted my usual digital painting and oil painting process.  But once in a while, I’ll choose this method.  It’s not an overall block-in, refine and refine again way to work.  It is instead, a little by little fill in method. While this technique …

Portrait of S

Oil on Linen 24″x 24″ One of those paintings that I keep fussing with.  I’ll probably give it a week of rest and then fine tune it a little bit more.

Curls

Oil on Linen 14″x 18″ Alla Prima, with a concentration on my subject’s gloriously chaotic curls.

Restless

  16″x 20″ Oil on canvas A more limited palette.  I often lean on color to help me create form and interest. With this painting, I’ve limited color and used it sparingly, paying closer attention to line and shadow. This painting was my third effort-same subject, and the only one to survive;)

Illuminated

Oil on Linen 8″x 15″ An exercise I could have taken farther, but decided to leave as is.  

Secrets On The Breeze

Oil on Linen 24″x 24″ This painting has been “finished” for a couple of weeks now.  However, I’ve tweaked it almost every day for the past two weeks, each time thinking “ok, now it’s finished”.  It’s finished:)

Study of D:Looking up

I’m mad about linen.  Stretched, rolled, less expensive or deluxe, it IS my favorite painting surface. It felt decadent to use linen for a study, but I got over the splurge;)

LX

  Self Portrait          Oil on Linen 24″x 24″ It’s a big birthday, and I am grateful.

My Self

  Oil on Linen 24″x 24″

Absorbed

Alla Prima 8″x 10″ I’ve been absorbed-finishing up some new work and painting over some old work.  I hope to post new paintings and also hope to be visiting your blogs very soon. Happy Spring! This painting is the third effort to inhabit this canvas.

Melange

  Oil on Linen 24×24″ A product of my recent exercises in backlight and line.  First in a series. Oh, and I’m pleased to share that my work and links are now included in the directory/gallery of the curated site, Figurative Artist.

Button Up

  Oil on Linen 18″x 24″ It’s pretty cold out there! I’m constantly pulling my coat a little closer.

Ponytailed

  Oil on Canvas 16″ x 20″ Alla Prima More backlight practice.

Values in Backlight

11″x14″ Oil on Canvas   I’ve often found myself frustrated while trying to realize form within a backlit subject.  The bright back round light tends to flatten the planes of a figure or face, making it difficult to read the values necessary to create the form of the features.  In a situation like this, the values …

The Red Dress

Oil on Linen 24″ x  24″ Lots of reflected light, on a sumptuous linen surface=so much fun to paint!  Below you’ll find progress images. When not working alla prima, I generally begin with a value based underpainting- blocking in the entire painting to create a first layer.  As you can see, with this one, I started with …

Immersed

Oil on Canvas 11″X14″ Drawing on my experiments with line, a speedy alla prima oil.

Icy

Oil and Acrylic on Canvas 18″x 24″ It’s icing/snowing-again.

OMG

Oil on Canvas 12″x12″   Alla Prima In this piece, I’ve mixed mindful linear accents with an even focus of hues and values. I’m working furiously at the moment, so please forgive my lack of attention (for the time being), to all of your terrific blogs.  I’ll move back into blogger mode soon and enjoy catching up …

Linear Arrangements

11″x14″ Charcoal, Oil on Canvas I rarely focus on line when I paint.  Instead, I most often concentrate on seeing and representing values in their various shapes and hues.  But, I’m forever looking for ways to change up my point of view.  This painting is a result of one of those change-ups.