The Therapy of Painting a Deceased Loved One

by | Mar 9, 2018 | Blog

I have the luxury of being a painter, and I specialize in portraiture. I have painted portraits for others of their deceased loved ones where there is no emotional attachment for me. What is it like to paint your own deceased loved one? I recently completed an oil...

Savvy Painter Podcast

by | Jan 4, 2018 | Blog

HI everyone. I am pleased to add this link to the current Savvy Painter Podcast in which I was a participant. I won Second Place in the 2017 Savvy Painter Online Competition and part of my award was to be a part of this great podcast with the two other top award...

Looking to 2018

by | Dec 31, 2017 | Blog

Happy New Year Everyone. During this coming week a few of my fellow studio mates and myself will sit down and write down our art goals for the new year. it is an exercise we enjoy, and it is enlightening to see how we did with our goals from the previous year. The act...

The holidays are coming!

by | Nov 1, 2017 | Blog

Join me in Studio 452 at the Hungerford for Black Friday weekend!  Shop for originality this year not mass production! Now that would make an impression on your loved ones to get a gift of an original than one of many. Holiday Special!  Buy one of my originals and get...

I have a YouTube channel!

by | Aug 11, 2017 | Blog

I have set up a YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu4xfEUuPvj13G6K-WsHmqw Periodically I will have time lapse videos of my works in progress. Currently I am working on my second pastel painting of a lemur, one of my newest muses. Just subscribe and you...

Animals Have Feelings Too!

by | Aug 9, 2017 | Blog

I paint portraits. As in painting a human being, painting an animal brings the same challenges and joy to me. The more closely I look at animals, watch them, study them and photograph them I realize that they portray many of the same characteristics that we humans do,...