Thursday, November 20, 2014

recently finished portrait painting

just finished this painting, oil on linen 18"x26"

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

new still-life

starting a new painting, here it is drawn on the panel...

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

figure drawing demo

class demo tonight at the Lyme Art Association:


Thursday, September 4, 2014

three recent studies

these are three recent small paintings:

"etude" oil on linen on panel 6"x14"


"head study" 8"x10" oil on panel



























"green glass" oil on panel 6"x9"

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Daniel Greene demo



I enjoyed Daniel E. Greene's pastel demo the other night up in North Salem, NY. Had a chance to sketch him a bit as he worked:

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Cast Painting

just finished this cast painting, "Still Life with Singing Boy Cast", 18"x24" oil on linen:




Friday, June 27, 2014

new portrait study

pencil drawn directly on canvas, then sprayfix

Sunday, June 15, 2014

"Hercules Foot" documentary

short youtube video on drawing "Hercules Foot"


Hercules Foot


finished with this cast drawing, "Hercules Foot" pencil on paper 20"x26":


















Thursday, April 24, 2014

Elected Artist Exhibition

My painting "The Girl in Red" has a frame on it, and is up at the Lyme Art Association Elected Artists exhibition. The show runs until June 1.


Friday, April 4, 2014

Still Life with Red Cup"

"Still life with Red Cup" oil on board 5"x4"

recent demos



 three recent demos from classes:


Friday, March 14, 2014

new still-life



this is a compositional drawing for a new still-life I am starting:

Sunday, March 2, 2014

"The Girl in Red"

finished:

"The Girl in Red" oil on wood 15"x21.75

Saturday, February 22, 2014

figure drawing

a back view figure demo from class a few days ago:



Wednesday, February 12, 2014

drawing from life



A recent demo drawing done for my "Drawing from Life" class at Lyme Art Association:

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

new still life


a new still life I am just starting:

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Philip De Laszlo painting video

I was really surprised to see that something like this even existed. I feel this is a real treasure, a film of the Hungarian portrait painter Philip De Laszlo (1869-1937) working on a painting in 1928:


Thursday, January 16, 2014

Monday, January 13, 2014

starting a new portrait...


this is a new portrait painting we are starting in class...

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

cast study



this is a sketch I was working on with students at the Wethersfield Art Academy of one of those "plane" man busts: