In The Red

My backyard is crazy with cardinals right now, and with the fall colors of the sumac that surround my studio, I could not resist to paint the two together. This is an oil, 5x7.

Good News

I have been out of the competition arena for some time. I seem to always miss deadlines, but I managed to get an honorable mention in the Pastel Journal's annual competition this year with, Royal Reflections.

Two new ones...

This is a captive young fox kit I photographed in the spring. He is a cutie, isn't he? The fun thing about the shoot was, the kits would get tired of playing with each other and come over and try to get us to play with them. I almost lost a lens to one that found my camera bag. This is a pastel, 5x7.

I have not named this one yet. I have painted so many swans, I am running out of names. I photographed this one in Maryland in a small pond close to my hotel. It is a little looser in style than I usually paint, but when I got to doing fine detail, it did not seem to work on this one. This is an oil, 6x6.

You know you are in the back country when...

PS...No disrespect intended to the folks of Booger...

Tai Shan-in progress

Last year, my dear friend, Kathy, took time out of her busy schedule to take me to the Washington Zoo. There, I photographed their pandas for hours. This pencil is of Tai Shan, the 3 year old. I work a little on it every night, so who knows when it will be finished!!! This piece is like the horse I did earlier, it is done with a charcoal/graphite mix pencil. It is still new to me, so I work a little slower, but I love the effect. Stay tuned...