As I have explored with my art during the last 4 years after I retired, I have tried abstract paintings, collage, and portraits, but every once in a while I like to return to painting flowers and nature as I have with my botanical paintings series
Portraits of Children
The progression of my drawings from rock star portraits has turned the corner and I am have been working on portraits of children. I also am an author and illustrator of children’s books and the ability to draw and paint young children is valuable in both areas of art. I also decided to advance the […]
My Abstract Painting Project June 2015
My Abstract Painting Project June 2015 was to paint one 12 x 12 inch canvas a day using primary colors, red, yellow and blue, and a little white. The concept behind this was to try to come up with 30 variations of abstract design for these paintings using just these colors and the variations. These […]
Rock Star Portraits
The idea for my rockstar portraits project began when I was thinking about my website and realized that of the different categories of art I have represented. I thought a fun way to jump right in would be to create some pencil rockstar portraits since I love music and know a lot of other people do also.
#JCW June 12 x 12 Abstract Painting Proj...
June went by very quickly and especially with my #JCW June 12 x 12 Abstract Painting Project Week 4. Some days I painted two paintings in a day to try to catch up. I have learned a lot and experienced various emotions from elation and being thrilled with my paintings to not liking my daily work at all. I