Storytime Companions

24 x 30, oil on canvas

close up of painting

In the Schoolyard

oil on panel, 16 x 20

The Cruise

oil on canvas, 20 x 24

The Upper Rooms

oil on canvas, 24 x 30

Across the Street and Up the Stairs

oil on canvas, 24 x 30

Three Ladders

24 x 30, oil on panel

This painting was based on reference from Chinatown in San Francisco. I took liberty in editing based on the needs of design and overall mood that I wanted to create. My goal is to try and implement the same approach I take in landscape painting and apply it to my studio work. It's a challenge I'm working on.

Over the Bridge

18 x 24, oil on panel

Submerged

12 x 12, oil on panel

I visited a beach on Longboat Key, FL that was highly endorsed by several students for it's amazing submerged dead trees that have taken up residency on the shores. They made for great silhouetted shapes agains't the ever changing flow and direction of the waves. I was thinking about the paint handling of painters such as Bellows, Sorolla, and Homer when trying to understand the paint quality and mark making I was hoping to achieve.