Saba

Oil, 20 x 16 inches

Interesting to compare to the first time I painted Saba very nearly one year prior. I got a much better likeness this time. She was wearing the same earrings, but I don't think she was actually wearing purple either time, yet something made me choose purple in both.

Osmary

I debated whether or not to fill in her arm in the bottom right corner. Now that I see it on screen, I think I probably should have.

Oil, 16 x 20 inches

Mark Taber

Busy month here, but while I've got a minute, here is another portrait from the weekly model session I attend. This is painist, Mark Taber, and he was a lot of fun to paint.
I found some videos of Mark playing with a few bands on youtube. I'm not sure what year this was filmed, but here is a video of Mark playing with the Ken Lyon & Tombstone Blues Band, Mark's solo begins at about the 1:35 minute mark. And here is a write up of Mark in the Providence Phoenix.

Oil, 20 x 16 inches

Back from the OPA Show

I'm back from the Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition in Scottsdale Arizona and I had a great time. I met many wonderful painters and saw a lot of great paintings! Here are a few pictures from the event and some recent sketches.

Gerry Creates the Winds

I really didn't intend to deify Gerry as I seem to have ended up doing in this portrait. Suffice to say he visually fits the archetype of the wise old man as described by Carl Jung, so the wispy brush stokes seem to place him directly in the realm of cloud-sitters.

Gerry, Oil, 20 x 16 inches

Click here for an earlier portrait of Gerry, it's nice to see improvement over time.

Young Girl

Just a few more days to see the show in Bristol, so if you plan to get there you've got until the 18th!

Also, there is now a digital gallery posted of the Oil Painters of America upcoming 19th Annual Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils at Legacy Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona. Names are alphabetical so my piece is most of the way down the page, check it out and see some beautiful paintings!

And here is another portrait from the usual Monday night painting group.

Oil, 16 x 20 inches

Still Life Week, Madame Mollusk

Thanks everyone for watching this week. The show opens tomorrow!

Madame Mollusk, Oil, 16 x 20 inches

*Sculptor unknown, anyone know who did this? I found it in an antique shop nearby.

Still Life Week, Tea Light

Show opens Friday!

Illumination, Oil, 12 x 9 inches

Still Life Week, Crater Lake

I know, I know, it's not a still life, but it is going to be in the show opening this Friday.

Oil, 9 x 12 inches

SLW, Seeing New Light

Show opens this Friday, with the light of reason.

Oil, 9 x 12 inches

Still Life Week, Jasmine Tea

SLW continues, and I've hit the 100 followers mark! (see sidebar)  Thanks to all who watch me putter around here and a special thanks right now to my email subscribers whose inboxes are being barraged this week. 

Oil, 12 x 9 inches

Incense

Show opens in one week!

Elegant Enigma, Oil, 14 x 18 inches

Still Life Week, Golden Ratio

I just saw a great animation called Nature by Numbers, by Cristobal Vila posted on the illustration blog Lines and Colors and I decided that I would post this painting next. The animation, and this painting are about the golden ratio, a mathematical relationship that is highly significant to nature and growth, and subsequently to human perception of beauty and harmony.

Golden Gecko, Oil, 13 x 8 inches

Still Life Week

The group show titled 'Four Painters & a Sculptor' is a little more than a week away now. To prepare for the show I'll be posting my paintings here between now and the opening (Friday April 2nd, 7-9pm).  The show will be in Bristol, Rhode Island, with the Bristol Art Museum at Linden Place (map) from April 3rd -18th. So until then, sit back, have a glass of wine and enjoy still life week...

Nightcap Chickadee, Oil, 16 x 20 inches

Here is the show postcard with information:

And take a look at the other artists in the show: Kathleen Weber, Anthony Tomaselli, Jeff Soderbergh, and Sandra DeSano Pezzullo.

Sketches

I've got a lot of paint and varnish drying around here right now, so until they are dry here are some sketches. The first one is from a photo, next two from life.