Stages of a painting

Grade 1 Report Card

Mrs St Louis was such a nice lady.

Commission WIP

I’m running behind schedule on a commission because I didn’t like the first one and I’m doing a second. I started my process in the usual way on the first attempt by painting a burnt umber wash, waiting for it dry, and then painting using various browns. It didn’t work. I realized that the background […]

Capella Romana unveils new recording “Venice in the East”

National tour dates confirmed “Bathed in glittering acoustics” — NY Times “Here we have the answer to what this music can mean to us today” — LA Times Listen here: Youtube 03/01/2019 (Portland, OR) – Capella Records has released its highly-anticipated new recording by Capella Romana, “Venice in the East: Renaissance Crete & Cyprus,” a […]

Nearly Done

Getting there. Just need the colour in the dress and it’s pretty much done.

All My Posts Deleted

Well, our web hosting got hacked. We decided to switch to a new hosting company but I lost several months of posts. Here’s a whole bunch of photos from all those lost posts – enjoy!

Grisaille

I have done a grisaille today on this commissioned portrait with just black paint – well, it’s not so much a proper grisaille because that would also include white to give more of a grey scale. I find that adding white makes the skin look too grey and I prefer to have more warmth in […]

Underpainting Done

The underpainting for this commission is done!

New Commission

Underpainting done.

Model Friend

Crop from ‘The Tragically Hip,’ 56×60,” oil on canvas, 2018 My friend Nish is an excellent model – I should really use him in more paintings!