Steel Works
This is another fast painting while I was learning to paint more loosely. As I lived in Pittsburgh and it is an old steel town, this was a homage to that legacy. Medium: Oil on Canvas
Fruit
Ah, this one was a challenge that I did with a friend. We both started painting together and both started in acrylics. When I moved to painting in oils we challenged each other to paint the same picture in our different preferred mediums. This was a pain in the proverbial – I did this in
Titian-Inspired
This was another one of the paintings that I was learning a style from the book How To Paint Like the Old Masters. It’s in the style of Titian. It’s also unfinished, as I completed the painting in grisaille but never got around to finishing the colour washes. One day I might revive it and
Caravaggio Inspired
I love the Italian painter Caravaggio – his use of light and shade (known as chiaroscuro), and his method of painting first in black and white (known as grisaille) before building colour on top with washes. I found that the grisaille style really suited my preferred method of painting. This was actually my first real
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Seth Bullock
This is another painting inspired by the Deadwood TV series. This time it’s Seth Bullock, when he gets put in jail. I loved the lighting in this scene and had to paint it. Medium: Oil on Canvas Board
The Bridge
This was a really quick study that I did while practicing blending with oils. It all went a bit smeary, but I kind of liked the mood that it gave the piece. Medium: Oil on Canvas Board
Al Swearengen
For a while, I was really inspired by the TV series Deadwood. I loved the lighting and the characters and the costumes and the backdrops. This was one of my earliest paintings, done in acrylic. Shortly after this I started using oils and never looked back (the blending on the acrylics was a nightmare –
Wine Cellar
This was a study that I did in an art class – I was trying to loosen my art style and stop sweating the tiny details. My amazing art teacher kept telling me to stand back from the canvas and hold the brush at the end to help me to loosen up. This is the
Little Bea
This is a portrait that I did for a friend, of his little daughter. Medium: Pastel on Heavyweight Paper