This fall I will be teaching a variety of classes and workshops at multiple locations across Metro Detroit. Please find below the links to the art centers that I will be teaching at. Also, I will have a one day / all day Landscape Painting Workshop on August 23 at the Grosse Pointe Artists Association, […]
Above: A 30″ x 40″ canvas / work in progress As artists we typically need to improvise if we do not have access to a large studio space. For myself, I’m very fortunate to have a room with fairly high ceilings, a large north facing window, beautiful wood floors, and neutral off white walls. However, […]
Cloud Study, 3″ x 9″, Oil on Arches Oil Paper, 2016 As I work on new ideas for different pieces, wait for current work to dry, or just want to push paint around and study form, I like to do smaller sized oil studies on paper. As I mentioned in a previous post, I’ve been […]
The early stages – Into the West, 11″ x 14″, Oil on linen As usual, I’m juggling multiple works in progress. This is a new piece recently started, and I finally had some time over the last few days to get back to it. I’m always interested to see an artist’s process, especially the early […]
It’s always interesting to go back and look at how your style as an artist and approach to a medium evolves over years of repetition and work. The three paintings above represent a time period from 2009 to the present. They are in chronological order running counter clockwise starting with Grandpa’s Hat, 30″ x 40″, Oil […]
Along with the smaller works I’ve been doing, I have also been working on a few larger scale pieces. These are some detail shots of a recent work in progress depicting Loch Awe in Scotland. The painting is oil on canvas and is 18″ x 36″. Detail #1, Loch Awe, Scotland, 18″ x 36″, Oil […]
East Hills Station, 5″ x 7″, Oil on Panel, 2016 For the last year I’ve been working on smaller sized oil paintings along with my larger pieces on canvas and panel. These paintings focus on mostly rural and urban landscape as well as the figure. As with all my work, I am focused more on […]
Whenever I find a new product that I really like I have to share. Above is a 3″ x 9″ landscape study in oil on Arches Oil Paper. The paper has the feel and texture of Arches watercolor paper, but it is primed and ready for oil. The beauty of this product is how lightweight […]
Register today for Spring Term 2016 Classes & Workshops at the BBAC Spring Term 2016 Classes For more info and to register for Drawing & Painting: Advanced Studio Practices Click Here For more info and to register for Painting: Contemporary Portrait in Oil Click Here For more info and to register for Painting: Contemporary Landscape Click Here Spring […]
Gloaming, 18″ x 36″, Oil on canvas, 2016 on display now at the BBAC Faculty Show This upcoming Spring Term 2016 I will be teaching Draw & Paint: Advanced Studio, Painting: Contemporary Landscape, and Painting: Contemporary Portrait in Oil at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center. For registration info click here Draw & Paint: Advanced Studio This […]
