Life is short. Art is long.

Delivered paintings! Opening Friday, January 10, 5-8pm @bluespiral1 — Join us! (This pic taken in alleyway behind gallery.) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6vuutanFI3/?igshid=1pjxx7cqhdflu

Greatly appreciate a model who poses among the madness this holiday season can bring. #workingitout #inprogess #drawing #frommodel https://www.instagram.com/p/B6V-nLrHFpm/?igshid=p17vd7mq5dkn

Starting to pack up for Asheville next month! @bluespiral1 bluespiral1 — Makers Door, 31x23 https://www.instagram.com/p/B55aRsvnlml/?igshid=1ikbj7azivgzt

It’s a start on this mild, very windy December afternoon! https://www.instagram.com/p/B5jKMKDHVf0/?igshid=yqmfcm89hf2

#experiment #play #nodeadlines https://www.instagram.com/p/B5N57iana5z/?igshid=hwr32sqv6ayb

Holiday shopping made easy! — Studio sale. I painted this while on a hike in the Indian Boundary Lake area. This is part of 3 small oil paintings capturing the silver sky reflecting off the lake. Click link in bio. https://www.instagram.com/p/B4-gtYkHWLT/?igshid=nvdtaegfhhl3

Homberg in Shadow, 22 x 28, oil on aluminum https://www.instagram.com/p/B456UtwnWdI/?igshid=civh9iwdqa8m

Sutton sat for me once more so I could bring this to some sort of resolution before he goes to boot camp for the National Guard tomorrow morning. Could be up to 30 weeks of training depending on specialty. He has wanted this for awhile and I am proud of him. Sutton,16x12. https://www.instagram.com/p/B4v8d7YHnab/?igshid=1dku8vu5jh2pg

Varnishing continues! I think I’m calling this one Alternative Landscape...or Alt Landscape. https://www.instagram.com/p/B4m-GHDnGQK/?igshid=1ws0zhqbswzwb

Detail of Cliff View with Stone Trees, from Civita Castellana, Italy. Click link in bio for studio sale. Swipe for full painting. https://www.instagram.com/p/B4h0MI4HWnQ/?igshid=q7n844e56x6y

Getting ready for the Artist Invitational at Blue Spiral 1 Gallery in Asheville. Reception - January 10. https://www.instagram.com/p/B4f9wxLHTuA/?igshid=hccqeh2x6q2h

Happy Monday! Pre-holiday studio sale continues — Click link in bio. https://www.instagram.com/p/B4ct8JbHb21/?igshid=1a6erd1d2takv

This is a study of a downtown building undergoing renovation. I set up across the street for two days capturing the abstracted design made by the windows and cast shadow. This is painted on prepared birch panel which is one of my favorite surfaces to paint on. This particular panel is made by Trekell Professional Art Supplies with subtle, beveled edges and is finished in such a way as it may remain as is, propped up by a small insert in the back which acts like an easel stand or it may be traditionally framed. Available in studio sale — Click link in bio. https://www.instagram.com/p/B4PY5yMn3qP/?igshid=1nb50mboyaqpt

Just in time for holidays — Studio Sale of small paintings! Link in bio. https://www.instagram.com/p/B4KnvVSne0E/?igshid=1e436vi903uya

Smaller works STUDIO SALE — All framed and ready to hang! Click Etsy link in BIO. https://www.instagram.com/p/B4CveZ9nFVk/?igshid=1cayhebh12yye

Today in studio. Almost done. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx0gUq6niAI/?igshid=iodwj4sgchml

At our open studio last week, another painter asked if I had thought of wax along with various varnish recipes. That conversation reminded me of this process I noted previously in The Painter’s Companion by Reed Kay. This wax and turps concoction is perfect! I applied it over a few paintings which had been varnished previously and I must say it is a beautifully subtle finish which pulls the work together. Shout out to painter Denise Stewart-Sanabria http://stewart-sanabria.com  for reminding me of this!