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Carnegie late summer afternoon 1 Mar 2011 | 04:22 pm
I have been playing around with cropping and find it so interesting how it can drammatically change the impact of a painting. This painting is fun as a tryptych
Soulful 1 Mar 2011 | 04:08 pm
I am an absolute fan of live jazz and it is always such a treat to listen to our brilliant friend Josh Dunlevy on his sax. This is a crop from a bigger painting of ther Jazz band with Josh Dunlevy and...
Old Man 1 Mar 2011 | 03:56 pm
This was a sweet old man very focused on his sketching and I switched my attention on him because I started to mess up on my painting. So I flipped over the board and caught him from behind. This is a...
Dowager Duchess to Tea 1 Mar 2011 | 03:38 pm
I remember reading how Singer Sargent would paint fast and with a sure hand. Ive been trying to work fast and even faster. We are lucky if we have 2 hrs to paint a figure and once I get home I cannot ...
Reflecting.....goose goose duck 1 Mar 2011 | 02:34 pm
I am dithering. when i first spotted these geese and a duck chatting away i was enamoured by their wonderful reflections. Steve Leonardi suggested i call it, 'goose goose duck' which made me laugh. It...
Gretchen and Emily at the County Fair 30 Mar 2009 | 04:36 am
I always love to visit the animals at the Washington County Fair which is held in August. I loved meeting the delightful young owner of these happy pigs. She showed me how they would roll over to have...
Heifers Davis School Road 20 Mar 2009 | 05:24 am
I have had my eye on these beautiful heifers and their calves for a while, especially when the evening sun lights them up. Little did I realise the bull was in with the girls. As a sign says,'If you t...
Self Portrait in Gardening Hat 12 x 16 inches Oil on Board 3 Mar 2008 | 03:24 pm
Hi everybody! I have had to resort to painting myself when I am short of 'victims' to paint. Sargent says a portrait is, "something is wrong with the mouth" I know what he means.
Lauren 10 x 14 graphite sketch 3 Mar 2008 | 03:15 pm
Lauren is one of the models at the Carnegie and is always great to draw. She usually wears glasses and pulls her red hair up in a fun spikey twisty way.She is pierced in several places and has peacock...
Lauren. Body piercing 14 x 11 Oil on board 3 Mar 2008 | 03:01 pm
This is Lauren who has frightening looking body piercings. The ones in her sternum look uncomfortable to me. I thought she might find them uncomfortable to lie on but she swears they dont!
