An Artist's Sketchbook

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.