Woke up super early this morning. Was able to get a little more time in on this one before the sun came up. Still a ways to go! I feel like this one has be...

I was working on the downstairs painting area... aka the basement. Found a bunch of old paintings stored in shirt boxes. I thought they were empty. Anyway...

A tentative first layer. Camera on my phone picks up too much yellow. I think you'll get the idea. Needed a warm up to get back into a few pieces that have...

I hope this finds you all safe and healthy. This is the first time I've picked up a brush since this all began. A quick study of a Narcissus. Said to symbo...

The first pose from this week's Figure Friday. I still need to speed up! Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Had a little paint left from this morning's open session. Managed to talk Ma into posing for a bit. Always great to spend some quality time! About one hou...

This was the first pose from Friday's session. Had to break from the Zorn palette to get that yellow.... haha. Again tried to approach this more as a compo...

Another figure Friday! First one I made it to this year. Tried to approach today's sketch as a composition instead of just a sketch. As always, I wish I h...

Still cleaning up the studio now that I'm on break. This is one from a little while ago... But it seemed a fitting way to offer you all good Fortune in the ...

Hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend! See the shop for availability. More coming soon!

Had some time to kill before the Dr. yesterday. Headed out to the food court for some gestures. Then it was off to Fort Sheridan for a quick gouache sketch...

Not gonna lie... This was hard! The camera overdoes the saturation I see. Still wish I had a bigger palette. What an amazing way to spend a morning! Quite...

Added a bunch of paintings at great prices! Time to make some room. More coming in December...

A Different Light-1 - Oil on Panel - 5" x 7" I posted this painting a number of years ago when I began my second painting blog. It went relatively unnoticed...

Finally made it out to another Friday open studio figure session. This was the first pose. I had to leave before the end of the second. Felt great to do an...

A little fun from this week's session...

Managed to sneak out for a while today. I had a nice afternoon paint. No distractions once I got set up. May go back here for a larger piece... Hope every...

Been reading the last few days. Online courses really bog you down with text! Felt great to jusy relax for a late night sketch. Clear my head! Been tryin...

Had a more than a few minutes bedore I had to kick off the day this morning. Still breaking in the new box, palette and design... Zorn palette again. Gettin...

A sketchbook assignment from a class I'm taking... Weird to be drawing on white paper again and not really working with a whole space. It was tricky to kee...