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Surf Art in Maui!

This is a recently completed painting of surfer Arnie Smith hitting the waves in Maui, Hawaii!  The painting is 8″ by 12″ and custom framed in a 12″ by 16″ black metal, archival-quality frame with UV...

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back in action

After a 2 week break or so, I’m back to making art.  I’ve been sidetracked by a mysterious inner ear / vertigo problem that’s starting to clear up, the death of our family dog Desi, and a trip to...

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Mixed Media Surf Art

Lots of surf art lately, and here is another piece to add to the collection!  This is a custom-made, 8″ by 12″ mixed-media piece done on acid-free artboard (a sort of thick, sturdy paper).  Below is...

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Love in a troubled inner world…The Catcher in the Rye

“Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all.  Thousands of little kids, and nobody’s around – nobody big, I mean – except me.  And I’m standing on...

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Progress on painting…a skyscape full of emotions

The sky-scape in the Catcher in the Rye painting I’m working on gradually changes from a sunny, happy temperament to gloomy and bleak.  The darkest part of the painting is on the far right side, where...

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The Making of Therapeutic Art

I’ve been meeting with Jeff Lynhurst a few times over the past couple of weeks to get feedback about the “Catcher in the Rye” painting I’m working on for him.  This has been a new type of custom-art...

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Literature, art and a personal connection. “Facing the Storm,” interpreted...

Over the past couple of months, I’ve been writing about the “Catcher in the Rye” custom oil painting I’ve been working on for Jeff, a client of mine.  It’s called “Facing the Storm.”  Alas, I have the...

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Themes of Heaven, Hell and Love

While most of the East Coast of the U.S. is keeping an eye on the record-setting storm (I am too, actually), I’m busy creating a custom, Renaissance-style painting with themes of heaven, hell and love!...

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A Confession of Love and Proposal for Marriage through Fine Art

Will you marry me? That is the question that will be proposed when this painting is shown (along with a ring) to the surprise recipient – my client’s girlfriend and soon-to-be fiancee. The idea was...

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Throwback Thursday – Surf Art

A couple years ago I did some custom artwork for my friend Travis down in Costa Rica, who was also a Peace Corps Volunteer there and now offers Yoga and Surf vacations through his business Bodhi Surf...

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First Layer of Paint – La Tuiliere, France

When applying the first layer of paint to a painting, it’s always like looking at a piece of art that just as easily could have been made by a 5 year old version of me:   Then, with each successive …...

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Custom Painting Progress of La Tuiliere, France

Custom Art – Oil Painting I am really enjoying working on this commissioned painting. The colors are coming along beautifully. Just need to fill in a few more areas with some details and then I’ll be...

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Custom Painting of French Country Estate

The other day I finished this custom oil painting of a country estate in La Tuiliere, France. Looks like a nice place, huh? The painting has now been shipped off to Colorado to an avid art collecting...

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Lito Marcos – Portrait Art Drawing

Since my wife and I went to Argentina in August with my mother-in-law, I wanted to give my mother-in-law a gift that would be relevant to that visit. So I drew a portrait of her father Marcos, who was...

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Holiday Custom Art Discount

Between now and December 15th, I’m offering a 15% discount off of my normal custom art prices! I’m working on a few requests already and only have room for 2-3 more pieces, in order to have them...

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Progress on painting…a skyscape full of emotions

The sky-scape in the Catcher in the Rye painting I’m working on gradually changes from a sunny, happy temperament to gloomy and bleak.  The darkest part of the painting is on the far right side, where...

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Abstract, Figurative and Romantic Custom Drawings

This week I’m starting on final drawings for an art collector in the United Arab Emirates. These will be three figurative, abstract, romance-themed drawings on luxurious, antique white, 100% cotton,...

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Custom Art Commission – Figurative Line Drawings

Recently, I completed three 22″ x 30″ custom figurative line illustrations on luxurious, 100% cotton, acid-free Antique White Canson Edition papers. My client, an art collector in the United Arab...

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Literature, art and a personal connection. “Facing the Storm,” interpreted...

Over the past couple of months, I’ve been writing about the “Catcher in the Rye” custom oil painting I’ve been working on for Jeff, a client of mine.  It’s called “Facing the Storm.”  Alas, I have the...

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