Pretty sure I have never posted this one before. This is a painting that my Ex took; it’s OK, I did it back in 2005 for her as a birthday present and we had discussed it beforehand. It’s titled “Feline Garden”, and shows her two cats at the time, Mickey (the fat one) and Doyle (the skinny one) in a Maxfield Parrish-type “garden of delights” ( Read more... )

I completed my latest painting. I am calling it “After the Spire…”   What can I say, the senseless destruction of Notre Dame moved me. It’s done in a looser, less precise style than I usually employ, stripped of a lot of detail, and maybe freehanding the complex geometry of a Gothic cathedral wasn’t the best call, but nonetheless I am more or less ( Read more... )

As I mentioned in an earlier post, after a two year hiatus I was finally able to get back to painting, one of the main joys in my life. Using the copious amounts of free time (heh) that I had in August and September, I completed a painting intended for my older brother.  It was supposed to be given to him on his 50th birthday, September 29, and ( Read more... )

I had basically completed this four years ago, but it seemed something was missing and not quite right.  The woman in the foreground is the Wife, and she didn't think the rendering was an accurate likeness.  (This is why I hate doing portraits most of all.)  Well there are limits to my prowess - I can't help it if no matter how big I make the ( Read more... )

Well it's finally snowing today, and it looks like it will stick this time (I can hear the tell-tale "whoosh" signalling the incoming cold front), so it is fitting that I post my favorite winter painting, Comfort at Christmastime.  It is the apotheosis of my oil glazing technique, using SEVEN layers of paint for the sky (and four different shades ( Read more... )

- To facilitate the proper mood.

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After years of intensive study of the works of Maxfield Parrish, I produced several oil paintings using a reasonably passable simulation of his style. This is essentially the apotheosis of my efforts. The young woman is based on a photo I took - a friend of mine who modeled for me once way back in 1998, believe it or not, and I hung on to the ( Read more... )

One of my hobbies used to be working in stained glass. I don’t work in it much anymore, because after making 3 lamps, 6 window panels and one for an exterior door I really don’t have any more suitable locations in the house! The most fun part, though, was definitely coming up with the design, and I still sketch prospective stained glass designs ( Read more... )

And now we have the denoument. A flotilla of clouds are "firmly" in place, and there are numerous finishing touches here and there, including to the castle, which seemed to require its own tree, if nothing else than to add a desperately needed touch of color to the masonry-cumulous assembly ( Read more... )

Now, things are moving (in fact, I should have taken another photo before this ( Read more... )