Old Paintings...

One that got away.



"Leopard" watercolor on toned paper, 1997, 11x14

I love this painting. Unfortunately for me it was destined for an auction to raise funds for the local women's shelter in New Castle.
I believe it fetched $300 which was contributed to the cause. That is good, but I would love to see this again, and in retrospect probably should have kept this one and created another for the auction.

If the person who purchased this is out there, and just happens to come across this post in my blog (one and a million shot), please email me and let me know who you are.

Old Paintings...

Another from the past.



"John&George" pencil on paper, 2001

I was commisioned to do this for a client who was a huge Beatles fan. Shortly after George Harrison died, they wanted this portrait done of both Goerge and John Lennon.
I was originaly going to title it "The Dead Beatles", but I guess that would be a little insensitive.

Old Paintings...

Work has been keeping me pretty busy as of late and I have not been able to commit much time to painting or drawing. So I thought I would take some time to post some old paintings that I have done.

Here is the first:



"Bear Totem" Mixed Media on canvas (acrylic, modeling paste, sand), 22x28, 1995

I still remember working on this painting. It was a complete experiment. I had this vision in my head and just went for it. It was a test of my patience, as I am used to sitting down and completing a painting in one or two sessions. I put on about three or four layers of modeling paste to build up the texture I wanted. Each layer took a night to dry, so it was about a week of prep before I actually got to paint this.