A Painting Today

6 x 6" oil on masonite sold I was happy to take time out today for strawberries and getting loose. Also I was so greatly inspired by Ca...

12 x 12" oil on masonite sold I recently joined a gallery in Kirkland, Washington (state) - the Howard/Mandville Gallery. I think it...

8 x 10" oil on masonite sold I worked on a painting yesterday in which, in about the 5th hour into it, I picked up a rag and wiped it o...

9 x 12" oil on masonite sold I talked about how I avoid primary colors in a painting - and the same goes for pastels. It's probably...

12 x 12" oil on masonite I watched this fantastic PBS show last night called 'The Power of Art' - the first in this series fea...

8 x 10" oil on masonite sold As you may know, I've been working for a couple of months on paintings for the upcoming show - which I...

9 x 12" oil on masonite sold Okay - one more for the show. Being that the title of my exhibition is "The People I See", I mus...

5 x 7" oil on masonite sold After painting a variety of dogs for the upcoming show - it was time to paint a cat. My cat, Willy, who...

9 x 12" oil on masonite sold And here's one more new pieces to add to the show - and I included one of my favorite paintings, John ...

Well good - I set out to do a set of nine dog paintings for the show and I love all of them. The top dog is a little cutie I spotted in Deca...

Two more dogs to add to the set - the top dog, and he IS a top dog, is my Petey. The one under him is a little Yorkie I spotted on Michigan ...

Three more dogs to add to the set - what fun these are to paint. The bassett hounds at the top were spotted in a park in Manhattan - the dac...

6 x 6" oil on masonite sold I'm happy to have squeezed in a small, daily painting tonight- I've been working on pieces for a sh...

I started this REALLY fun series of dogs - I hope to do a grouping of nine for the July show. They're 6 x 6" and they're of all...

14 x 11" oil on masonite sold Another view of the long line of people waiting to get into a special exhibition titled "Cezanne to ...

9 x 12" oil on masonite sold I see people like this woman and I think do they know how beautiful they are? How much presence they have ...

12 x 12" oil on masonite sold I'm going to tell you the truth here - I'd like to keep this painting. I think it's one of my...

16 x 8" oil on masonite sold It's a good thing this was a holiday weekend because this painting took me all weekend. Admittedly be...

6 x 6" oil on masonite sold I want to wish everyone a fun holiday weekend - I'm hoping to take some time off and go to a local arts...

9 x 12" oil on masonite sold This is one of those moments captured - where I wonder if I can pull it off and how would it come across a...

9 x 12" oil on masonite sold One more to wrap up my busy week - one of those perfect moments (I swear it really lined up this way) wher...

12 x 12" oil on masonite I've had a long, pleasant day of painting - just finished up this new piece which will be included in my J...

11 x 14" oil on masonite sold This is my newest painting, done for the July show in Asheville - I really, really love it. A young woman...

12 x 12" oil on masonite sold Not only do I melt when I approach Lautrec's paintings - seeing this lovely woman standing there, adm...

6 x 6" oil on masonite sold Of all the hundreds of photographs I came home with - some stand out immediately and I'm anxious to pai...