Nearly Done

Model Tom

My brother-in-law Tom is an excellent model.

The Sub

Here’s a crop from ‘The Allegory of Climate Change.’ My husband served as a model for this one – it’s a running joke between our friends that Matt is in all my paintings because someone always calls in sick on photo shoot day, and he is the sub!

Home Stretch

WIP: just need white highlights on the skin and to paint the last bit of flowing fabric. I’m into the home stretch on this one…

Night Sky Study

I’ve done this little study for the background of my current large painting. I don’t want to be experimenting on it. I’m unsure if it works for me – I’ll have to think on it a while.

WIP

Give’Em a Hand

Hands are so expressive, and so, I must get all those little shadows just right.

So Beautiful!

Apologies for the terrible photo.

The Eyes Follow You

Attempt No.2 to get the eyes just right. It’s a really subtle and complicated expression. I want to show how he is at once vulnerable, scared, and ready to enter into a sexual encounter with the viewer. Plus, the eyes have to follow you no matter where you move in the room. I think this […]

Torn Between Two Versions

I’m really torn as to how to paint this painting of the female gaze. My primary goal is to present a figure that is sexualized, however, he retains his subjectivity; that is, we recognize him as a subject with thoughts and feelings. He is not merely an object for our titillation. I want him to […]