Jingles, oil on canvas

I named this painting “Jingles” as it’s holiday themed and was completed while I am dealing with an ailment that rhymes with it. I didn’t use any actual reference material for this horse, was inspired by a horse illustration on a book cover. The canvas is 12″ x 16″. As with most of the art …

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 …

“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.