Abstraction 4 [In Progress]

This painting is proving to be much more challenging than originally thought. The change in canvas has led to hours of painstaking layers and washes with minimal effect.

Abstraction 3 [detail]

Abstraction 3

In this piece I have added some pieces and transfers of graphs which I have created. My data is not directly representative of anything except what pops into mind. Also, I am trying to figure out a nice dance, compositionally, between the colors.

Abstraction 2

This is the second in a series of Abstractions that I have been working on lately. This is quite a shift. i hope to get better pictures of these paintings. The dimensions are about 3' x 4.5'; mixed media.

Teacups with Chianti Bottle

This painting belongs to my beloved Aunt Peggy.

Charlotte

Still Life with Eggs and Squash

Tiny painting: 2.4" x 4.5"

Male Figure

This is an much older painting of mine. This model had a really sick ponytail (kind of just a tuft of weird hair) that I took the artistic license and left it out.

Double Figures

This was a period I went through. I constantly painted on top of other paintings. You may be able to make out the woman posed on a stool with dreadlocks.

Michael #1

Self Portrait

Oooh. I don't really like this one.

Degas Copy

Edgar Degas "The Dance Lesson" 1879 Oil on Canvas, in the collection at the National Gallery of Art in DC.
Doing a copy makes you realize the precision that goes into a piece. Degas really was brillant and his sense of ease is impressive.

Green Lamp and La Grande Dame

This tiny little precious painting is now the property of Karma Ward. (the painting I did of the elephant in the background is property of Cheryl Carmona.)

Lauren P. (detail)

This was a really quick painting that I believe was kicked out in about 30 minutes. Although I had many, many starts that failed and got wiped out.

Self Portrait in Studio

Just a quick sketch. I really enjoy self portraits that have still lifes in them. Objects we own are so self reflective.

Closet on Bolton Street

View of Howard Street Bridge

A quick painting of the Howard Street Bridge.

A Man and a Woman

The male model creeped me out.

Windowsill Detail

Windowsill on North Ave.

A painting of my favorite flannel shirt. I was drinking a lot of Pellegrino at the time and there was always at least one bottle hanging around.

Dancing Figures 2

Dancing Figures 1

I think this is a path that I would like take in future figure paintings. Any thoughts?

Still Life Sketch - Melon

I started this the other day and am considering leaving it really loose.

Wine and Melon

Here is a painting I did on Sunday. I'll try to post a better picture soon.

Lamp and Watermelon [In Progress]

Thanks to Kate Hicks I started this with some reluctance but am really enjoying where it has gone so far. There is still work to be done. (This isn't the best picture of the painting - A lot of detail is lost.)

Art Museum Drive

This is the view looking west across from the BMA.

Shelf with Hildon Bottles, Hand Mixer

Hildon Water Bottles with Fish Bank (Detail)

This is a detail of another shelf painting that I have already posted.

Portrait

Elena

Try not to judge the poor depiction of her hands!
Elena is the creator of "Life after Lisa" an online drama.

Arch in the Formal Garden

Here is a quick drawing of a view of the formal garden at the arboretum.

Self Portrait - long night

This is pretty old and done in the early hours in the morning after a long night in the studio. It was the last of about 12 portraits I had done through the course of the night. I think it shows.

Small Still Life

The painting is only maybe 2 x 2.5 inches. This might be its actual size.

Teacup with Lightbulb

This painting was done very quickly and I left most of the surface unfinished. I thought that it really showed how objects emerge from absence to presence. The Pellegrino bottle is captured mid-birth while the teacup and lightbulb are pretty well realized.

Hill at Saint Paul School

Silver Lake Nursery, Liberty Road

This is the first landscape I ever painted. I think it looks a bit fuzzy.

Under the Lamp

This is a study I did of Eduoard Vuillard's "Under the Lamp". I muted the bright yellow that he originally used. (I believe the wattage wasn't so strong back then.) He is definitely one of my favorite painters.

Teacup Still Life

If one looks at my still lifes there are a lot of objects that I am always interesting in painting. Most of the work is very small. I think this one is 4.5x5.5 inches or so.

Old Sneaker Ad

I have this wonderful poster and did my version of it. This painting is not very big.

Still Life lamp and bottle

This still life has a couple of older paintings in the background that were a pleasure to paint twice.

Self Portrait in Studio

Here is a self portrait that I did quite some time ago.

Woman with hat number 2

Woman with hat

Still Life with Grand Dame

I think this photo is an actual size of this painting. It's tiny.

Man with apples

Self Portrait with Still Life

Another pastel done this summer. (I've been using that fish bank quite a bit.)

Girl with Blue Backdrop

Hill at Wyman Park

Self Portrait with Red Vase

I wanted to explore the fragmentation of having multiple mirrors.

Melissa