I couldn't have asked for better students for this past Saturday's still life workshop!  They did an incredible job.  I thoroughly e...

Had a great time at NAMTA seeing the art manufacturing business from the other side.  I enjoyed doing the demos for UArt.  Below is one I s...

Next week I will be at the NAMTA trade show checking out all the new art materials.  It's going to be like visiting a candy store!  I...

Piece number two for the small works group show.  Creating this painting made me realize how complicated the mixing of color is up close....

Pastel on board.  20 X 17. Sometimes it's nice to change it up and paint something that isn't a variation on tan, peach, brow...

Pastel on board.  26 X 10. For many months now I wanted to include a beautiful magnifying glass that belongs to my mom in one of my p...

  I had the honor (pun intended) to paint 3 retiring judges from St. Charles County this past year or so.  The portrai...

Part of what I love about the portrait portion of my work is the opportunity to work with my clients again when a child has siblings.  ...

It never hurts to get a "thumbs up" for one's art, right?  The Bold Brush Painting Competition for September sponsored by ...

Finally, I had the opportunity to work on a still life piece that had been calling my name.  I'm still not completely settled on a ...

Just one more day left to view the Art Group 360 show at Creative Art Gallery in St. Louis!  Thank you to the great staff for a great sh...

Marbles.  Aren't the shadows they cast fun?  I think so.  Pastel on Uart Pastel Board.  Roughly 18 X 10.  I'm on a roll...

How about a very large and colorful pastel painting?  This one is 36 X 24 unframed...though it is being framed as I type this.  Pastel ...

It seems I have a food theme going here!  Oil on panel.  Roughly 6 X 18.

I confess.  I ate part of my still life set-up.  Oil on panel.  Delicious subject.

Howdy!  Working feverishly on some still life paintings for the gallery.  This one is an oil on panel, 18 X 18.  I will never paint circ...

What a doll!  This little girl was a joy to paint.  Well behaved AND adorable.  Great combination!  24 X 18 in pastel.  I...

I wish this had been my idea but it wasn't.  It was my client's idea.  This is a commissioned memory still life. ...

Two recent and very large oil paintings for a client.  Each measured 43 inches wide!

It's that time of the year when my studio stacks up with completed portraits.  This handsome little fella is one of the more recent an...