Long Pose Workshop

I will be teaching a workshop at the studio on Sunday, February 10 from noon to four.

Recent Portrait Commission

November Figure Workshop

There will be a long pose figure workshop on November 8 in the studio with a demonstration on the anatomy of the head and portrait. Send me a message if you would like more information.

The Still LIfe

I recently taught a class on the still life at the Woodlawn Museum of Art in Ellsworth, Maine.

This prompted me to look back at some of my still life paintings. It was really fun to do both and re visit this wonderful exercise in composition, color mixing, tonal relationships, surface approach and manipulating paint. Here is one in a series I did incorporating cards I've collected from my travels to museums. This is called, "Vermeer Still LIfe".

The Model on Islesford

I recently taught a drawing class on Islesford with a model who was absolutely terrific! The students were instructed on how to put a figure in the context of the environment. It allows them to work on proportion, perspective and most of all composition. It helps them eliminate detail in the landscape because they are focusing on the figure.
I was inspired to create this painting from the day.

Some new work...

I have been painting plein air the last few weeks. Here are a few of the new works....some in gouache, some in oil.

I will be teaching a workshop on the figure in the landscape on Islesford, July 12.