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.
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.
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.
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.
Oil Painting
7×5″ linen mounted on panel
Spring is in the air!
SOLD
Oil Painting
5×7″ panel
There are woods in the back of our house but this morning the fog was so thick only the nearest ones could be seen when I first looked out. Within 45 minutes or so the fog had lifted.
This painting is SOLD. I may have similar paintings available, so please email me.
Silverpoint Drawing
3.5×4.5″ blue-gray prepared paper
You never know where inspiration will come from!
To the buyer: A mat will accompany this drawing, and a silverpoint description card will be attached.
Silverpoint Drawing
10×8″ green-gray prepared paper
This is the complete portrait of George Washington; see “George’s Eye” detail of previous post. I prepared the paper with a green-gray tone and heightened the drawing in white. The drawing is made with a silver wire; with time the lines will tarnish to a metallic sepia tone. To see my silverpoint box with tools, please visit my website.
The original drawing, with frame that I designed and painted for it, is now being exhibited at Canal Frame-Crafts Gallery in historic Washington Crossing, PA. Please contact the gallery, or email me, if you are interested in this work.
Silverpoint Drawing, detail
green-gray prepared paper
This detail of an 10″ x 8″ portrait of George Washington shows the layering of fine lines used to create tones. Silverpoint is a drawing made with a silver stylus on a specially coated surface. With time the silver lines tarnish to a metallic sepia tone. (I’ll show the complete portrait in my next post.)
See the original drawing at Canal Frame-Crafts Gallery in historic Washington Crossing, PA. The silverpoint is mounted in a frame that I designed specifically for this drawing.
Please contact the gallery or email me if you are interested in this drawing.
Acrylic Painting
3×5″ panel
Here’s another version of the previous post “Out” – this was done a few years back.
This painting is no longer available. But, as you may know from viewing my posts on The Art Fly this painting is a small part of a larger series called Meditations. By the way, that is the same beach stone in both renderings.
Please email me if you are interested in something similar.