Shades of White (Linen)

Shades of White (Linen)

I currently have a painting (Shades of Red) at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art as part of the 2017 Louisiana Contemporary presented by the Helis Foundation exhibit. This past weekend we attended both the artist’s reception and the official opening the following...
Give us Barabbas!

Give us Barabbas!

Creeping towards the finish line. I had only a few late nights with which to work. Once the initial composition is painted, I will need to add half-paste washes to much of it to get the desired effect. I have most often left my figures in a sort of under-painting...
To Paint is to Live and to Love is to Fly

To Paint is to Live and to Love is to Fly

I envisioned this piece as a close-up of boisterous Mardi Gras crowd along a parade route. It is still that but there has been an evolution to a more ambiguous celebration. Beads, doubloons, trinkets and other ephemera were intentionally omitted. Initially, I thought...
A Painting Begins in Earnest

A Painting Begins in Earnest

A few late nights after work have resulted in visible progress on this painting. I intend to work mainly with a fall color palette throughout. I started with the top left corner and began to fill in what is essentially an underpainting. I will go back at some point...