Pig show installed- Studio re-organized.

Ye Olde Paint Palette.

Studio re configured, re organized, re thought and re invigorated.  

Commissioned dog portraits complete. 

 

Piggy show installed at Sunrise Pediatric.  

Drawings, a HUGE blank canvas, and an almost finished painting

Drawings are important. I spend a lot of time in my sketchbook, hashing out ideas until I get the right one. When I start painting though, I draw the painting out on the canvas with a paintbrush, not a pencil. It's faster, and it helps keep the painting loose.

This one is almost done, just a few more tweaks here and there, finishing touches!
Mad cow!

Newness and freshness in the works for Fall

Mugs I made with my potter friend Doug of Lizard Lick pottery.Another squirrel painting in the works.
Getting ready for a dog show coming up.
Other paintings in various stages of completion.

Inspiration from my brain.

This is a commission for longtime Norval collectors Tristan and Andrea in Durham. It's their dog- I'm pretty much done with it, just putting in a few final touches. The lion and the skull are part of a larger series of small paintings I'm working on.

Here is a smaller version of the "Honeymoon in Niagara Falls" painting, this time on canvas instead of reclaimed wood. Texture is building.

A new idea provided to me by my daughter, Ingrid. Welcome to the Slug and Bug series.

Works in progress

Part of the monkey business series.
New piranha and Harlan and Amy's cat- Bebe pronounced "baby".
Building up the layers on these two paintings. The dog's name is June Carter Cash- a commission.