Monday, August 8, 2016

When I retiring from teaching, in my last year, I began to tribute to my students with a series of 12 x 12 oil portraits of some of them.  They were painted from photos that I took in my classroom.  My goal was to produce 100 paintings.   I reached 75, and had a show of the portraits at the Monday Club in Webster Groves, as a teaching 'send-off'.
     Most of the paintings have either been sold, or given to the parents of the students.  (I did several teachers as well).

  -The Webster-Kirkwood Times did an article on me, and it included pictures of me painting in my studio, working on a portrait of my then 18 month old granddaughter.

  - I took part in a show at Norton Gallery on Big Bend called, "size matters", and my painting was included in the ad for the show.

  - I was pictured plein air painting during the Webster Days event in 2014, in the Webster-Kirkwood Times, as well.

  - In the 2014 plein air event, 'Paint Out' in Lebanon, Illinois, my painting  Early Morning Lebanon took first place in the judging, and was included in their town paper.

  - Somerset Studios included my artwork in several of their magazines, including an article that I wrote about my process.   Somerset Memories had four pages on a collection of vintage cards I made, and Somerset Journaling included a page of a journal I made on a trip to Spain.
    









I've always loved doing portraits, so dogs are kinda similar to that.   Each dog has his or her own personality, which has to be captured to get the likeness of that particular animal.  

     The personality, for me, comes through in the eyes. 

 Norman
Bullmastiff commission
from clients photo
 16 x 20
 2016

Norman
Bullmastiff commission
from client's photo
20x28
2016

Saturday, August 6, 2016

A collection of my paintings, including architectural pieces, plein air and commissioned works. 

Commission
Steinberg skating rink
16 x 20
2015
 Grand Basin Forest Park
 from smaller plein air painting
 24x30
 2016


 Forest Park by the old horse bridge.
 plein air
 8x10
 2016
Webster Groves home on Marshall
from my photo
16x20
2015
 Webster Groves home on Marshall
  from my photo
  14x18
  2015
                                Farm in Labadie Missouri                                     
                                from my photo
                                18x24
                                2016

 Commission house in Colorado
  from client's photo
  16x20
  2015
 Commission house in Indiana
  from client's photo
  16x20
  2015
 Commission house in Chicago
  from client's photo
  16x20
  2015
 Pub Granville, Ohio
  plein air
  11x14
  2015
Palm Beach Florida
from my photo
16x20
2016
 Palm Beach Florida
 plein air
 9x12
 2016
 Kirkwood Park
 plein air
 9x12
 2016
 Bridge by Muny Opera
 plein air
 8x10
 2016
 Lebanon paint-out event
 Lebanon, Illinois
 plein air
 8x10
 2015
 Lebanon paint-out event
 Lebanon, Illinois
 11x14
 2015


Oil painting collections

A collection of paintings, including still life, some portraits, animals, architecture, and recent plein air.  I've included some recent commissioned work.

     This, I realize shows a lot of diversity, but these are some of my favorite pieces, so I wanted to include them.

painted from life
6x6
2013
painted from life
8x8
2014
painted from life
8x8
2016
painted from life
6x6
2010
painted from life
6x8
2010
painted from life
6x8
2009
painted from life
8x8
2013
painted from life
8x8
2010
still life painted from life
8x10
2016
painted from photo
9x12
2010
                                              Commission of portrait with Wainwright bldg.
                                                     from two photos provided by client
                                                                             20x24
                                                                              2015