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I shot this photo and placed it in an album, saying, “I’ll have to paint him someday.” Well that “someday” turned into many days! This one has well over 100 painting hours invested in it. But it truly was…

I got together with a couple of girlfriends for coffee. One of the ladies brought a folder with photos of paintings she had done. In it was a photo of this little girl. I was intrigued by the Rembrandt lighting in the photo, as well as the timeless look of the child.
“I have to paint [...]

This painting is a combination of oil and pastel on Kitty Wallis paper. The under painting is done in oils, using complementary colors to the finished piece. It was fun and faster to paint than pets and/or their people.
This still life is part of our private collection and hangs in our kitchen over our coffee [...]

Painting from a live model who came to our Monday group. This is more of a quick study. Didn’t get her name, but she had really deep blue eyes.

What can I say about Emmah… She’s a Goldendoodle (mom’s a golden retriever, dad’s a standard poodle). I like to refer to her as a Wonderdoodle. She’s a BIG girl! She’s 100 pounds of goofy.