I finally have a couple of the Plein Air pieces to show. This first one is the one that won Third Place in the show.
In the last two weeks I've been working exclusively on pieces for the St. Charles Plein Air Art Event. Including a couple Quick Paint Events, where you basically have three hours to complete an entire piece on location. My overall experience was great! Working outdoors was a nice change of pace, I couldn't have planned more beautiful weather, and my love of architecture was more than appeased by the abundance Read More
I found inspiration for a new project in an email, if you can believe that! A friend and her daughters tried to rescue a baby squirrel, they named Tiny Tim. Attached to the email were several pictures she had taken of him with the family (see below).
“…we fed him a banana last night, and he fell asleep in the palm of my hand. We put him in his
Read MoreAs promised, here are some images of the pieces I've been working on for the "Puppies are Biodegradable Show." Please note that these images are of pieces I recently started and are thus still in progress. It might be hard to see, but the background consists of paper glued on and painted over to create texture. The angry red-orange slash in the middle of the painting was part of the Read More
New drawing "Diamonds" (for lack of a better name). Pen & Ink on paper, 8.5x11. I'm happy with the building in the bottom right corner, but the castle on the left isn't good. There are flaws in perspective on the dome that I can't fix without major surgery LOL.