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...
View Articleback 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...
View ArticleMixed 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...
View ArticleLove 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...
View ArticleProgress 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleLiterature, 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...
View ArticleThemes 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!...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleThrowback 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...
View ArticleFirst 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 …...
View ArticleCustom 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...
View ArticleCustom 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...
View ArticleLito 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...
View ArticleHoliday 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...
View ArticleProgress 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...
View ArticleAbstract, 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,...
View ArticleCustom 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...
View ArticleLiterature, 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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