Opera Oils

Illustrations for the Boston Lyric Opera, 2008-09 season! A really fun set of paintings to work on.

The above image is for the opera "Rusalka," A predecessor of "The little Mermaid." although I don't know which came first, the opera, or Has Christian Andersen's story. Either way, I believe it began as a Russian folk tale.

This one is for "Les contes d'Hoffmann," or "The Tales of Hoffman"

The above image is for "Don Giovanni," as is the image below. The painting below was mostly complete when the needs of the Boston Lyric Opera suddenly changed and a new painting was required. They're only using the one above, but you get to see both.

Above is the cover for the season brochure.
Below are some sketches and color studies leading up to the final oil paintings.

Some Things That I See

More sketches.

This fist page is made up, the rest are from life.

Here's a portrait I did a while ago, it needed a touch up but I got distracted by other projects until now.

...the day job

My girlfriend recently returned from a trip to Australia and she found this for me while she was there! So if you've ever wondered what a wallaby vertabra looks like, now you know.

Sorry for the dry spell on here. As I noted in my last post I've been hard at work on a larger project. In the mean time here is a pair of portraits I did before the holidays. I believe they were someone's Christmas present so I was waiting to post them until after the holiday had past.9x12 each

More sketches from the coffee shop! ... and a few from other places.

I'm working on an exciting project now! It may be a while before I can post anything about it, but let's just say it involves mermaids, statues that come to life, and more!

works at risd|works

I do more than portraits... really. You don't believe me? Well, that's ok, eventually I'll post some other work, you'll see. For now, here are some more portraits.

Also, come see some portraits in person!
Small Works Show
November 15th - Jan 15th
at risd|works
10 Westminster St.
Providence RI. 02903
Featuring me, and some other people! (that's pretty much all I know right now)
Edit: The first evening of the show is the last Providence Gallery Night of the year, Thursday, Nov 15th. So stop by and see the show!

Heads and more!

I have so much to show you!
But, first this important news bulletin... I will have some small head study paintings in a show at RISD Works in November! I'll have more details for you as events proceed.
Here are some more people (some of which you might just see in the aforementioned show). All are 8"x8" Oil on board:
And here are some sketches from the local coffee shop:



I also went to Maine last weekend to visit some friends, both mornings I was first to rise and these were some of the things around me at the time.


Finally, I went to a figure drawing session for the first time in far, far too long: