A Street Scene

A Street Scene

by | Work in Progress

At work on a new piece based on a series of photographs that Val took during the White Linen on Julie Street in New Orleans last August. I took some of my favorite characters from the street that night and compiled them together into a new image. It was a very strange...
C’est Hip, C’est Hip, C’est Hop

C’est Hip, C’est Hip, C’est Hop

by | Musings

Finished this small piece. The results are satisfactory and I am ready to start the larger work for which this was a study. I was apprehensive about stylistically painting these masked figures with my technique (so heavy on facial expressions) hence the need for a ...
A Frame of Reference

A Frame of Reference

by | Work in Progress

I needed to quickly create a half dozen wooden floater frames to accommodate a number of small panel paintings for display at The Green Room here in Lafayette. These were initially intended as part of two larger triptychs set into a couple of salvaged wooden door and...
Maybe I Can Paint Over That?

Maybe I Can Paint Over That?

by | Work in Progress

The blank canvas- or in this case the blank panel. There is a sort of unbridled fear mixed with excitement each time I face one of these. It is an uphill battle and prime time for my inherent procrastination. Can I do it again? Can I do a better job of it than I did...
New Workspace

New Workspace

by | Musings

A second move within the Hub City and I now have a phenomenal studio space to work in. A first for me, that. I now lack excuses and hope to produce a bounty of great work. So many ideas percolating in my noggin. The challenge is my slow work pace / technique....
Shades of White (Linen)

Shades of White (Linen)

by | Exhibits

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...