It looks like the site was the victim of a possible hack. It’s back up and running now so please enjoy.
It looks like the site was the victim of a possible hack. It’s back up and running now so please enjoy.

I am letting go of some old favorites in a Special Sale. The larger size, 22″ x 30″ are $40.00. The smaller size, 15″ x 22″ are $25.00. All are on Rives BFK or Stonehenge papers, wrapped in acid free plastic sleeves. Contact me to purchase.

Scot Smith asked me to show at his place, O’Malley’s in SE Portland. I have a selection of limited edition prints on masonite as well as original oils on view throughout the month of May. Thanks Scot! O’Malley’s Saloon & Grill 6535 SE Foster Road Portland, OR 97206 – 4661 (503) 777‑0495

I’m starting a couple of books with Ariel and Sister Thyme and I’ve switched back to ink to make them. These are drawings made at Hipbone over the last several weeks featuring Zach, Casey, Johnny and leah. Ink on paper from my sketchbooks.

I’ve had too much coffee today and I’ve been thinking about figure drawing, finding my voice as a painter and what’s lead me to the series I’m doing now. I started working with the figure seriously about a year after I’d moved to Portland, back in 2002. I was teaching Illustration at PNCA and I’d gone out for a walk…

I’m teaching a class in Pastels at Hipbone Studio this month. Ariel will be my model, she dropped by the studio yesterday to help me make a few teaching aids. Here’s a sample of what you’ll learn in the class. Thanks Ariel for your help. [fb_like]

I found these in my newsprint pad, a couple of nice drawings that didn’t make it with there earlier posts. I like this one of Trisha in the hat. The second is the last drawing of Samantha from Deer Island. I drew most of it in the dark, that’s why it looks like a banana. [fb_like]

My friend James King mentioned the Sunday session over at PNCA to me yesterday. He told me Louise was to be the model. I’d drawn her before in a basement session in NE Portland. She had great presence so I thought that I would give it a shot. Nice to see both Jodi But and F.X. Rosica there. It’s…

I’ve refreshed my technique with pastels in preparation for my upcoming workshop. Last night was the last 3 hour session in the long-term series for February at Hipbone Studio. Last week I did a straight portrait of Ariel from the shadow side of the pose. I composed the piece with a raw sienna pastel straight on to the page. I kept the palette simple, 5 – 6…

It was supposed to snow yesterday here in Portland, Oregon. People tend to panic when that happens and Hipbone had a light crowd for both sessions. I was in a cartoony mood and had a great time drawing Elona in her hat, her boots and on a bicycle, sans the bicycle. Paula was the second model. She brought HER hat, her banjo…