Normally, I would be launching into Update 2 of my latest painting here but I wanted, instead to discuss an important crossroads I come to in my art, a personal enlightenment or awareness of sorts that has been developing for some time. It affects directly the piece I’m currently working on, as well as all […]

Work in Progress: Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Update 1 A few years ago, for our 25th anniversary, my wife and I took a trip to the northwest US and Canada – Washington state and British Columbia. The scenery is phenomenal – towering mountains, huge stands of Douglas Fir, mist enshrouded lakes of azure, thunderous […]

I want to express my appreciation to the Winter Garden Art Association for choosing me as the Featured Artist for their April Exhibition “Our Beautiful Earth”. The theme for the exhibition, which is being held at the historic SOBO Gallery in downtown Winter Garden, is “a celebration of nature and our beautiful earth”. I will […]

Work In Progress: Raine, Update 7 Here is the completed Portrait of Raine. I made some adjustments and refinements in the painting. The area under the chin was darkened a little bit. I also made some small adjustments in the eyes, the width and size of the pupils. Small adjustments to the mouth. Also finished […]

Work In Progress: Raine, Update 6 During the past week I’ve brought this portrait much closer to completion. Much of the face is finished, save for small adjustments. I also finished most of the hair, again, save for adjustments. Some of the blouse has been blocked in roughly and color has been added to the […]

Work In Progress: Raine, Update 5 Over the past week I’ve continued to refine the facial features, building up color layers. I am not pushing very hard on the pastels. Very little pressure on the pencils. Laying in the color by very gently rubbing on the color, rather than rubbing in the color. This way […]

Work In Progress: Raine, Update 4 The next step in the process is the transfer to the final paper. Rather than blacken the back of the drawing I elected to blacken one side of a separate sheet of tracing paper and use it to do the transfer. There are instances where the line work on […]

Many thanks and much appreciation to the judges of A Singular Art Community for voting Osprey: Lovers Key, Florida, Number 1 in their Competition “Nature 6”. Congratulations, also to the 1st Runner up Ryan OSullivan and Honorable mentions Sam Woodson, Lynne Wright, Vitalii, Boruch Lev, Alejandro del Valle, Fraser Mackay, Kelly Laura, Alyssa, Danielle Trudeau, and […]

Work In Progress: Raine, Update 3   Using the guidelines as I developed them in the last Update, I was able to rough in the facial features. At first I didn’t try for detail, just to get in the general shapes within the guides that I drew in. I was careful, though, to stay within […]

Work In Progress: Raine, Update 2 I’m a little late on this installment. Had a number of other responsibilities to take care of, and they took priority this past week. One of these responsibilities had to do with art, but from a construction point of view. I’m in the process of making changes to a […]