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.

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.

Alice - watercolor

watercolor; 2020
available; 11"x15"

      Another portrait/figure of Alice, a fashion blogger.

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.

Light Reading - watercolor

watercolor; 2019

available; 11"x15"

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

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.

Alice - watercolor

watercolor, 2019

available, 11"x15"

      Here's something of a fashion portrait/figure of a fashion blogger. She has a lot of great photos that might make some nice paintings.

Communicator - watercolor

watercolor, 2019

available, 11"x15"

      Here's what I consider an everyday figure. I think it would be interesting to do some portraits/figures of people (mostly women) going through normal daily activities in keeping with the "art of the ordinary" theme I've tried to keep going since I started painting.

Walking On Sunshine - watercolor

watercolor, 2019

available, 11"x15"

      A still life of another pair of my wife's shoes. She buys shoes about as often as I buy brushes or paint and many of them are pretty sexy, visually appealing and worthy of paintings. The problem is I rarely take the time to shoot reference photos of them. And, before you know it she's worn them out or gotten tired of them and tossed them without me getting a chance to shoot them. So, last December when I was given a mandatory vacation from my job of 22 years I took the opportunity to shoot a bunch of her shoes for future paintings. I think this is the first pair I've painted, but there are more to come.

Em - watercolor

watercolor, 2019

available, 11"x15"

      I guess I'll call this a street portrait or street figure. I brought a lot together in this one. Lightest light against the darkest dark. Dark background against the lit side of the subject and no background against the shadow side. New color mixes for skintone. This one worked out in so many ways I think it's become a new standard for which to aim.

Pumped - watercolor

watercolor, 2019

available, 8"x10"

      Not much to say about this one. Red heels on nice legs.

Dots and Dashes - watercolor

watercolor, 2018

available, 11"x15"

prints and gifts also available

      A quick, wet and loose wash of various blues gave me a tinted ground for this still life. Once that dried, all I had to do was paint in the shadows with a darker mix of blue. Having the image drawn out before the initial wash allowed me to leave a few spots lighter than the rest of the wash to allow for the brighter highlights. Those were accentuated a bit -- and the polka dots added -- with a little titanium white watercolor. Forget the "rule" about not using white in watercolor. The final image is the only rule that matters.

No Place Like Home #2 - gouache

gouache, 2017

available, 8"x10"

prints also available

      Just another little gouache shoe painting. I struggled with some of the reflections and highlights -- par for the course with me and gouache. But, I think I finally pulled it off.

Louis Louis - watercolor

watercolor, 2017

available, 11"x15"

prints also available

      This is a little different from my normal shoe still life. Works pretty well, though, I'd say.

Angie's Shoes #9 - watercolor

watercolor, 2016

available, 11"x15"

prints and gifts also available

      Just another still life of yet another pair of my wife's shoes.

Red Slings - watercolor

watercolor, 2015

available, 7.5"x11"

prints and gifts available

      Just a quick, little still life. I haven't done any shoes in a while and I've had this reference for a couple years now. I initially thought I might try to do this in a more impressionistic style. But the realism just fell out, I guess, out of habit.

Red White & Bling - acrylics + ink

mixed, 2014

original available, 11"x14" $125

print and gifts also available

Just a quickie pop-art idea I had. I'll probably squeeze a few more of these out between larger pieces.

Cole Black & Red Haan - gouache

gouache, 2014

original available, 12"x16" $175

prints also available

Pink Bows - watercolor

watercolor, 2012

prints and gifts available

"I believe in pink." - Audrey Hepburn

Get The Point - watercolor SOLD

watercolor, 2010

commission, 18"x24"

prints available

Part of an entire designer shoe series I did for a single collector.