Portrait Progress

As you already know, I've been working on a family portrait of David's older brother Jon and his wife and two kids. Here are some recent photographs of the painting.

Recent work

My landlord has been trying to get me to do a painting of Mount Timp for the past two years and began jokingly threatening to kick us out if I didn't do the painting. Needless to say, I spent a few hours one afternoon and viola! It was more fun than I thought it would be and was easy money...if anyone's interested in buying art let me know.

In other news, I took on the massive challenge of painting a family portrait for David's brother Jon (did I mention that the painting is 2 feet by 3 feet, yeah...it's huge!). We drove out to Colorado a few weeks ago to take their family photos so I could have good pictures to work from and although it was extremely intimidating, yesterday I had at it and got a pretty good start on the painting. The best part about it is that I spent the big bucks for the nicest linen canvas possible, so it's like painting on silk!

... It's been a while

It has been a while since I've last updated my blog. In the last year I have been painting a lot less frequently than I would have hoped, however I am now finding time and desire to pick up the brush and palette. These are some of my most recent paintings. The top one I saw in American Art Collector, so I decided to practice and liked it so much that I decided to give it to my sister-in-law as a wedding present.

Apple

Apple, 12*16, Oil on Linen, SOLD

Lemon and Lime

Lemon and Lime, 12*16, Oil on Linen, SOLD

Sunday Drive

Sunday Drive, 24*30, Oil on linen, $500

Silverman Workshop

I just got back from interning with Burton Silverman in New York City where I was invited to attend his summer workshop. These are two drawings I did at his workshop. This was an incredible experience!!!