Paintings With Soul

  Oil Studies see the collection   Pictured above, an intimately scaled oil study titled Autumn, inspired by the larger acrylic painting of the same name. This is impasto (thickly applied) oil paint on Stonehenge paper, paper sized 9”x12”. Autumn is part of 15 oil studies newly available, all visible through the above link. Questions? Just  reach out . I’ve been making these studies of my acrylic pieces, selections from The Talisman series, using the larger paintings as a launching point for creating something smaller in oils. Some of the studies are very similar to their inspiration piece, some went in a different direction entirely. This has been such a great exercise for so many reasons, and I have thoroughly enjoyed the process and the resulting works. And now it’s time to let them go. The paper has roughly a 1” clear margin, image approximately 7”x10” (excluding Peace Dove who is roughly 7” square on the 9”x12” page). All paintings are initialed inside the image in o...

  10 Minute Tootsies - the idea is that the artist has 10 minutes to create a study and capture the essence of one still life object. Sort of like gesture drawings, but done in paint.     Today I began designing my lesson plan for next week's  4 day painting workshop  in Baton Rouge. Sure, it would be far simpler for me to teach the exact same thing each time I ran a workshop, but since I learn so much from day to day with my own work, I feel like it's only fair that I revamp and refresh my workshop contents regularly, too.   So I reviewed all my favorite exercises, created a few new ones, and grouped them based on the two topics we are focusing on heaviest - color and brushwork.   And I'll spend this afternoon working up new demos and collecting props/materials.   I can't WAIT to reveal the exercises to my students! It's like Christmas!!   Thanks so much for following my artwork and enjoy your weekend...