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“Three of a Kind”

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Silverpoint Drawing
5.5×7″ lavender prepared paper

I did this drawing with a silver stylus on paper that I prepared with a lavender tint, and then used white charcoal for the highlights. Over time the lines will tarnish to a metallic sepia tone. This is a drawing medium known as silverpoint, which was used extensively during the Renaissance era. Some of the earliest examples date to the 12th century.

This buyer will receive “Three of a Kind” matted and covered with a clear acetate envelope. A Silverpoint Description card will accompany it.





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“A Good Afternoon”

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Oil Painting
5×7″ panel

Please contact Chapman Gallery in Doylestown, PA if you are interested in buying this landscape.

Do you have a photos of a favorite scene you’d like me to paint? Send me an email and we’ll discuss it. The painting I create from your photos would be an impression of the scene, similar to the landscapes that are posted on my blog.

“Lenten Rose”

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Silverpoint Drawing
4×6″ lavender prepared paper

“Lenten Rose” was drawn with a silver stylus in a medium known as silverpoint, which pre-dates the pencil, and was used extensively during the Renaissance era. I prepared the paper with a pale lavender tone, then used white charcoal for highlights. The lines are actually silver and will tarnish over time to a shimmery sepia tone. To learn more about Silverpoint please visit My Website by clicking on the link at bottom right.





“Springtime”

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Oil Painting
5×7″ panel

Flowers, colors, fragrance….Spring time! Do you have photos of a favorite scene that you’d like me to paint? The painting I create from your reference photos would be an impression of the scene – similar to the other landscape paintings on my blog. Email me and we’ll talk!

Please contact me if you are interested in this painting.

“Max”

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Silverpoint Drawing
10×8″ ocher prepared paper

The Bucks County newspapers have recently published an interview I gave about silverpoint, a drawing medium which pre-dates the graphite pencil. It appeared in these locals: New Hope Life, Yardley Voice, Doylestown Observer, and a few others. Please see Times Publishing Newspapers, Inc. for the full article.

This portrait was based on a photo I took of a mason at work. I loved the hat! Reminiscent of the Renaissance-era – a time when silverpoint was at its height, by the way. My first silverpoints were copied from faces I saw in paintings by Botticelli, DaVinci, VanDyke and many others from that period.

This drawing has been SOLD, but please ask about commissioned portraits from photos.

“Gazebo Along the Delaware”

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Oil Painting
5×7″ panel

I love this little spot along the Delaware River at Washington Crossing, PA; that’s New Jersey across the way. To see another painting of this subject go all the way back to my blog post of November 5, 2008.

The panel has finished beveled edges. The buyer will receive a tabletop easel with this painting.





“Bunny”

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Silverpoint Drawing
6.5×6.5″ lavender prepared paper

“Bunny” is drawn in silverpoint: a drawing medium that was used extensively during the Renaissance era – though some of the earliest drawings date to the 12th century. A stylus of silver metal, inserted in a holder, is used on a specially coated surface. I prepared the paper with a lavender tone and heightened the drawing with white charcoal. Over time the silver lines tarnish to a metallic sepia tone.