Saturday, December 4, 2010

Self Portraits

One of the hardest and strangest things to do is a self portrait. You learn a lot about yourself as an artist, but also as a person. When you stare at yourself for a few hours you ask yourself why am I doing this? But you can't really stop until it's figured out.


self portrait (work in progress), 2010, 20x16, oil on canvas


Self Portrait (listening to Mahler), 2009, 24x18, oil on canvas


Self Portrait, 2008, charcoal on paper

What I've been up to lately

I need a place to share my recent work and the site I use for my painting portfolio is down so below I give you some of the figures I have painted recently:


Emma, 2010, 48x36, oil on canvas



Althea, 2010, 60x48,oil on canvas



Dan, 2010, 48x36, oil on canvas


Edward, 2010, 24x18, oil on canvas


Betty's Daughter, 2010, 24x18, oil on canvas


Demetri, 2009, 23x20, oil on canvas


Julie, 2010, oil on canvas


Nina in Scarf, 2010, 24x18, oil on canvas paper


Tom, 2010, 24x18, oil on canvas


Tom (profile), 2010, 24x18, oil on canvas paper


Tanya, 2010, 48x36, oil on canvas