Self Portrait

This Truly was a learning piece! many hours of painting, I call this my "practice piece" because certainly this is not a "master piece" :) but Im finished with this one, its time to move on!

Star Fruit

This is a still life I just finished for my friend Jason. Its 8"x11" painted in oil, and heavily glazed. It was difficult to get a good photo of this one due to the glare... also it is cropped a bit too much on the left side, but you can still get an idea of what it's like... (its much nicer in real life!) 

Kitchen corner studio

This is my temporary art space I have set up in my kitchen, I have been working here until my studio is finished being set up, which is out  in one of our "out buildings" here at our old farm house. (just to give you an idea of where I have been working lately) the studio should be up and running by the middle of the next month, hopefully!

This is a pencil drawing that I worked on a few days ago just for practice, I really like how it turned out as far as sketches go. I had the urge to draw, so I began to draw the first thing that I saw. I am sure to do many more still lives of toys in the future... they are all over my house!

Baby Doll

This is a portrait I have just finished in pencil. I worked from a photograph, I would rather work from life as it seems to lend itself to a more free and less labored feel to the piece of work. I will post more sketches from life, and then some from photos... and see if you can tell the difference in the feel of the piece. This is a Portrait of Maggie, my step daughter.

Maggie

Still life with Wine Bottle

This is one of the paintings from my website, I will post just a few of these paintings here on this blog, if you would like to see more of my paintings from the last few years... go check 'em out at:

www.kensingtongalleries.com In the mean time I would like to post my latest happenings from the studio, keep in mind that I am just getting warmed up, as I have had a break in the creation process due to the other part of my life... (which has been my new little girl born last Christmas, the last of 4) So I will be working on Drawings, still lives and portraits... then onto my paintings of still lives and portraits... so, keep checking back to see what I've been up to...

and Enjoy!