A Painting Today

5 x 7" oil on panel sold I l-u-r-v-e this painting. And I loved this whole afternoon holed up in my little hut, away fr...

9 x 12' oil on panel sold Brand-new, hot of the easel, a woman looks closely at Grant Wood's iconic 'American Gothic...

6 x 6" oil on panel sold Often I am asked how I am so prolific with painting.  First there's motivation and mine, right...

6 x 8" oil on panel sold I wanted to do a larger version of this scene, so I thought I'd get a better idea of colors an...

5 x 7" oil on panel sold A museum visitor getting a seemingly disapproving look from 'Madame Roulin Rocking the Cradle...

5 x 7" oil on panel sold I'm so very pleased with this painting I did today.  It's just the right balance of tight ...

12 x 7" oil on panel sold I was in the middle of painting this piece earlier in the year and had to put it aside to jump on...

5 x 5" oil on panel sold I thought I'd take the day off of painting but that would mean cleaning the house.  I did,...

5 x 5" oil on panel sold There is a place I like to go to fuel up before I hit the Art Institute of Chicago, just a few blo...

5 x 7" oil on panel sold This was a tough one. I started out wanting to keep it very impressionistic and loose, then I ...

5 x 7" oil on panel sold I spent my high school years in a suburb of Chicago and I'd occasionally cut school and spend ...

11 x 11" oil on panel sold I spent all weekend and today on a couple of paintings that had a deadline date - including this...

7 x 5" oil on panel sold I'm starting a fundraising effort for a return trip, in the fall, to my favorite city Chicago ...

6 x 6" oil on panel sold That song just played in my head while I was painting this happy hound. From the beach on Hil...

4 x 4" oil on panel sold A warm-up that turned into a portrait I really love.  And a new addition to my ongoing series BUST-E...

6 x 6" oil on panel sold I'm abstaining from all sweets that are wonderful and I'm trying to embrace fruit.  After...

6 x 6" oil on panel sold What I think is a perfect summer lunch of cantaloupe wrapped in prosciutto with cold, red grapes. ...

7 x 5" oil on panel sold I can be a real stubborn knucklehead when it comes to figuring out what to paint.  I took a few da...

6 x 8" oil on panel sold  This morning I read the NYT article about 'The Goldfinch' painting's return home to t...

6 x 6" oil on panel sold I'm very fond of this painting.  It's a nice way to end a work day. A young man patien...

6 x 6" oil on panel sold  I often live vicariously through my paintings. A woman enjoying the simple pleasure of readin...

4 x 4" oil on panel sold So my binge watching of Mad Men while painting is over - I've moved on to Orange is the New B...

4 x 4" oil on panel sold You may have noticed I stepped away from painting for a couple of weeks.  The sunshine called out ...

6 x 8" oil on panel sold A young woman reading the city guide in a hotel lobby in Chicago.

4 x 4" oil on panel sold Hard to pass up a beautiful, warm day here today - but I did put in a little time in the studio. ...