I finally got back over to the studio today. We have been moving from an apartment in the Warehouse District of downtown Minneapolis, to our first house, over in Saint…
Today I thought it would be great to have another dose of spring. I have loved forsythia since I was a kid. I have some great memories of a forsythia bush…
I had the best time painting this one. Hands down….the most fun I’ve had the easel in a long time! I’m not sure what it was about this set up. Perhaps…
Please click here to bid on this painting. This was a quick painting. In addition to pushing to my artistic abilities for brushwork, speed has emerged as one of my artistic…
I really wanted to try out a yellow background. I not sure why. That was my over riding thought as I was heading to the studio this morning. I have had a couple…
I can’t even think of the last time I did a pastel still life. I had this composition all set up. I had a square oil painting panel out and…
Please click here to bid on this painting. Today’s post was a quick painting. I had this great, little, stretched canvas. I haven’t painted this glass jar for quite a…
Please click here to bid on this painting. I have always loved painting citrus fruits. I saw these in the store the other day, and was immediatley drawn to the…
Please click here to bid on this painting I finally had a day off from work today. I thought it would be fun to spend my afternoon studying something nice…
Pomegranates are a wonderful fruit. In addition to being delicious and their status as a nutritional superfood, I think they make a great subject to paint. My attraction stems from all of…
I tried something a little different with the lighting on this painting. I used an artificial light, clamped up high. I positioned it to shine down on this sunflower from above. I actually…
Please click here to bid on this painting. Today’s post continues my series of still life paintings featuring sunflowers. This view takes a look out my new studio window, out…