Portraits
Charlotte // Oil on canvas 18" x 24"
Detail
Pencil study
This painting of Charlotte was from an age 3 studio photograph. It was one of my early portrait paintings.
Hazel // Oil on Canvas 48" x 60"
This painting of my mother was composed using of a number of images to create the setting/mood for a more romantic feel. The figure was a photograph of her taken in a seaside town with a group of people.
The marble stairs, Caribbean sky and palms were used to enhance the
portrait giving it a more 'grand' look.
Done in the late 1980s, during my illustration/commercial art career - hence the somewhat 'illustrative' approach.
Eve // Oil on AllinPanel/Linen 16" x 20"
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This painting was more of
a study. My goal was to grow as a portrait artist and to explore working
lead oil linen mounted panel called
an AllinPanel
The model, Eve, was someone I worked with in the commercial marketing field. Posing for a hair care product. I managed to keep the polaroids and some slides from the shoot.
Technique.
I used the 'layered/underpainting' technique, working in layered stages:
Toned panel, fixed underdrawing, underpainting (tonal) and then 2 stages of painting including 'glazing' in the
final layer.
Anastasi and Lily of the Valley // Oil on Panel 20" x 30"
Anastasi is an artist from Russia.
She kindly allowed me to paint her portrait. I was attracted to this wonderful pose or her seated at a table and turning toward the viewer, but looking upward.
In every painting, I always add an element I feel will make the image more interesting - adding a storied element to the work. Here I added the table set vase with Lily-of-the-Valley symbolizing pureness and humility and happiness.
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Still Life / Florals
Vase with Flowers // Oil on Panel 18" x 24"
Live set up of a cream vase with assorted flowers. 2006
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Tulips // Mural 5' x 26'
Created for a dining room
mural. Using
Windsor&Newton water
(click on the link for more)
are a 'safflower' based
pigment making them
water mixable. They can
also be mixed with
linseed oil making them
like normal oil paints.
I used these to avoid working
issues with traditional oils to
a latex house paint based wall.
And to avoid any issues with
toxicity in the paints.
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Pets
Maizy // Pastel // 18" x 24"
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