Gel ball-point pen on bristol stock. I'm figure drawing again. Mostly for value studies..
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Saturday, October 21, 2017
Resting Among the Chicory
Fewer and fewer opportunities to paint equipment on a small farm. Dinosaurs of a sort.
9 x 12 oil on panel
Monday, August 21, 2017
Still life with orange boat
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So still early this morning. Everybody and everything waiting for the total eclipse.
8 x 10 oil on panel
Monday, August 7, 2017
Seaweed and Salt Air
Top of the cliff at the Little Compton Town Lot. The clouds rolled in ahead of some weather. The colors changed constantly so it was a mad chase. A heady way to spend a Monday morning.
9 x 12 oil on panel
Sunday, August 6, 2017
Fort Hill, Eastham, MA
Nantucket Sound from Fort Hill in Eastham, MA. I've been standing in the same exact spot when the fog was so thick I could barely see my feet...and then there's this where you can see forever.
Coast Guard Station from Fort Hill in Eastham, MA The big open views in every direction from Fort Hill changes constantly, day-to-day and moment-to-moment.
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Man with a Hat
A musician sat for our group today and kindly brought his guitar and held it the whole time. I was too interested in painting his head, but it would have been fun to get more of the figure and include the guitar. This was the last group portrait session at Dryden Gallery for the summer. Time to get outdoors and paint landscapes.
12" x 16" oil on canvas paper
Monday, June 12, 2017
Henry the Navigator
Henry the Navigator watches New Bedford Harbor from Pope's Island.
9" x 12" oil on panel
Thursday, June 8, 2017
Smiley
What a happy guy! This model smiled slightly the entire session. Such a unique opportunity and a little unnerving if I'm being honest - I was half expecting him to stop smiling at any time.
12" x 16" oil on canvas paper
Woman with Pink Turban
This is another from the Tuesday portrait group sessions with Kate Huntington now held at the Dryden Gallery at Providence Picture Frame. This woman had such lovely bone structure and was so stunning I felt pressure to do justice to her natural beauty. Her entire outfit was great so I had a hard time deciding whether to focus on a facial portrait or a full figure portrait.
12" x 16" oil on canvas paper
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
A face with character
Some people who sit for us have a face that makes me wonder
what they are thinking; here is one
12" x 16" oil on canvas paper
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Sunday, April 23, 2017
Boy in Red Shirt
Another portrait study in front of an Ed Clark photograph during his show
at the Dryden Gallery/Providence Picture Frame, Providence RI
12" x 16" oil on canvas paper
Friday, April 21, 2017
Female figure 9
More figure study work.
I'm happy with the flesh colors and variety of warm and cool hues
12" x 12" oil on panel
Saturday, April 8, 2017
Saturday, April 1, 2017
Head Turner
Another one done at Sandywoods in Tiverton, RI. This open figure group meets on Wednesdays from 9:45 AM to 12:45 PM
12" x 12" oil on panel
Sunday, March 26, 2017
After bath
Recent figure work with a model-share group.
The next few posts will be work done with this group
12" x 12" oil on panel
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Recent portrait practice
The Dryden Gallery at Providence Picture Frame, in Providence, RI graciously invited the Kate Huntington group to use their gallery two days each week to paint portraits and draw the figure. The current show hanging is the work of Ed Clark a famous and wonderful photographer that worked for Life Magazine. I couldn't resist including the photos that are hung directly behind our model stand. I've always loved Ed Clark's photo of accordion-playing Chief Petty Officer (USN) Graham Jackson with tears streaming down his face as President Franklin D. Roosevelt's flag-draped funeral train leaves Warm Springs, Ga., April 13, 1945.
This is another portrait that includes one of Ed Clarke's famous photos. Marilyn is staring back, but the model doesn't notice. Our model is the fantastical visual artist and professional pianist Mark Taber
In this portrait I included artist Kate Huntington, who, for the past 25 years has been arranging for models and locations to support our habit. The model is the gracious Director of the Dryden Gallery.
Monday, March 13, 2017
Sunday, March 12, 2017
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