Thursday, July 16, 2020

Alice - watercolor

watercolor; 2020
available; 11"x15"

      Another portrait of fashion blogger Alice. I worked in a little more "looseness" in this one with the fade to raw drawing in her legs.

Thursday, July 9, 2020

Peri - watercolor

watercolor; 2020
available; 11"x15"

      I'm not sure the photo does this portrait/figure justice. It shot a bit darker than it looks in person.

Thursday, July 2, 2020

Cherries - watercolor

watercolor; 2020
available; 11"x15"

      A not entirely successful attempt at a still life of cherries.

Thursday, June 25, 2020

Thursday, June 11, 2020

57 Buick - watercolor

watercolor, 2020
available, 11"x15"

      A little piece of the tail of a 1957 Buick. It's hard to tell from the reference photo I had, but I think this car had been hit somewhere in the rear causing an odd looking shift in direction for certain parts. Or, I guess it's possible that at such an isolated view some things just look like they fit together quite right.

Thursday, June 4, 2020

Madeline - ink

ink; 2020
available; 9"x12"

      A portrait in ink. I've found myself doing many more portraits and figures over the past few months. So, the handful of regular visitors to the blog will be seeing more people in my art than cars or landscapes if you haven't already. I am, however, trying to remedy that at least on the landscape side. We'll see how that works out.

Friday, May 29, 2020

Apaches - watercolor

watercolor; 2020
available; 11"x15"

      Just a couple old Chevy trucks left to guard the shed out back. There's a fair amount of dry brush in this one.

Thursday, May 21, 2020

Aubrey - pencil

pencil; 2020
available; 9"x12"

      I don't post a lot of drawings or sketches - mainly because most of them are very rough value sketches for watercolor paintings. But, some end up getting finished as pretty decent little drawings in their own right. This one finished up a lot better than most.

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Pickles - watercolor

watercolor; 2020
available; 11"x15"

      Pickles is just misunderstood. Or, maybe he's the one that misunderstands.

Thursday, May 7, 2020

Alice - watercolor

watercolor; 2020
available; 11"x15"

      Another portrait/figure of Alice, a fashion blogger.

Thursday, April 30, 2020

Path - watercolor

watercolor; 2020
available; 11"x15"

      Something left over from a couple months ago that never got posted. I have another winter scene to post. I might wait until it's much hotter for a little juxtaposition.

Thursday, April 23, 2020

Shoes - watercolor

watercolor; 2020
available; 11"x15"

      Another pair of my wife's shoes. She has a lot of shoes. So, I have a lot of still life subjects.

Thursday, April 16, 2020

Maddy - watercolor

watercolor; 2020
available; 11"x15"

      A portrait of a Reddit user who posted her photo for artists to interpret.

Thursday, April 2, 2020

Farther Out Edgefield Road - watercolor

watercolor; 2019
available; 11"x15"

      Another little landscape from Edgefield. I think this was the Johnson farm.

Thursday, March 26, 2020

Light Reading - watercolor

watercolor; 2019
available; 11"x15"

      This is a figure I did last year playing with light and shadow.

Thursday, March 19, 2020

Ballybunion - watercolor

watercolor, 2019
available; 11"x15"

      A view of Ballybunion Castle on its cliff for St. Patrick's Day earlier this week.

Thursday, March 12, 2020

50 Plymouth - watercolor+ink

mixed; 2019
NFS; 8"x10"

      A quick little piece I did for a friend's father. This was a car he used to own and only had a couple photos of it in his driveway. I sent it to him through his son, my high school friend, and he liked it so much he mailed me a hand-written thank-you note. Better than any commission check.

Thursday, February 27, 2020

Sunday Morning - watercolor

watercolor, 2019
available, 11"x15"

     A quick look at a northwestern church with a classic car parked out front.

Window - watercolor

watercolor, 2019
available, 11"x15"

      Just another "portal" painting. Portals -- in the form of doors and windows -- have been popular in art for centuries. I like the inherent mystery of wondering what's on the other side.

Thursday, February 20, 2020

Because I Am Shaken - watercolor

watercolor, 2019
available, 11"x15"

      This one is based on a photo of a soldier of the Isreali Defense Force taking time out to pray. It made me think of Psalm 13.

Thursday, February 13, 2020

Chief - watercolor

watercolor, 2019
available, 11"x15"

      It's probably just a sense of nostalgia, but I have a soft spot for even these old full-size Jeeps. I'm sure if I actually drove one, I would feel like it was too big after driving a much smaller XJ Cherokee for years. But, I can't help wishing I'd been introduced to these way back when.

Thursday, January 23, 2020

Proleek - ink + watercolor

ink & watercolor, 2019
available, 8"x10"

      A quick ink and wash of the Proleek portal tomb in County Louth, Ireland.

Thursday, January 16, 2020

On The Go - watercolor

watercolor, 2019
available, 11"x15"

      I've been trying to do more figures that were dressed and going about regular daily activities. This girl seemed perfect, although I rarely use much true yellow. I feel like I should have used a more contrasting background color. But, maybe the lighter neutral helps preserve the light airy-ness of the subject.

Thursday, January 9, 2020

Thursday, January 2, 2020

53 Skylark - watercolor

watercolor, 2019
available, 11"x15"

      This was meant to be a quick, sketchy car painting. But, it turned into a much more realistic piece, though it still took just a few hours. Most of that was drying time for the several layers of red.