Sheriff

Sheriff 8″x6″ oil on panel.

Output

In my studio I will work on several paintings at once, I don’t go back and forth between paintings, I really work on several paintings at a time. With practice, I have trained my ear muscles to gently grasp a brush and apply paint. So between my ears and my belly button I am able to sling a lot of paint. This degree of output makes it especially necessary to maintain a high degree of concentration so I will burn some sandalwood incense, put the Enya or Maybe some John Tesh on in the background and then I tantric paint for sometimes two or three hours in a row un-inturupted. Exhilarating!

Smoking Monkey

Smoking Monkey 7″x5″ oil on panel. Cool trompe l’oeil subject, I remember these from when I was a kid. I love toys in their wrappers, they are kind of melancholy unused waiting to be opened. I don’t think this toy would go over well these days.

New Orleans

New Orleans, oil on panel 10″x8″. I found a bunch of great snow globes and really loved this one, I almost never paint something twice but this guy is already in a larger piece that I am working on.

Sand Art

Sand Art 10″x8″ oil on panel. My son makes these whenever we see a stand, so I cant take full credit for the design.