This oil painting was inspired by a painting done by Jose Gonzalez, some figure paintings I saw on my recent September trip to Santa Fe and the incredible starry night sky there.
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From Life Figure Drawing
Every serious student of art at some point takes a life drawing course in college. After college was done I missed life drawing; the opportunity to fine tune my skills from a real live figure, to improve my speed and style with gestures, the fun of being with other artists in the studio. Thankfully in …
StarPOW! oil painting
This is an oil painting I almost finished in 2008. It had some technique issues, I considered giving up on it and did not work on it again for ten years until this past June 2020. I really put the effort in, wasted a lot of oil paint figuring it out, it was not a …
Running Horse pastel drawing
This illustration was inspired by the a brilliant artist I have loved since childhood, Walter Foster. You can see the progression of the drawing from large shapes to developed completed drawing.
“Blue Shoes” pastel drawing
This drawing was inspired by an illustration done by a famous comic illustrator. I love to draw people in motion and shoes are always great fun to draw as well! This is a pastel drawing with gold accents, at 13″ x 15″ completed in 2019.