The Candle

8x10
acrylic on canvas board

Merry Christmas!

The Rose

8x10
acrylic on canvas board

I learned how to paint flowers because I was trying to impress a girl. We saw some at a gallery and she asked if I do such thing. Of course my answer was yes, even though I didn't have clue. The girl didn't last but my love of flowers endures.

The Embrace

8x10
acrylic on canvas

What I'm attempting to do with this piece is to capture a the beauty and stillness of the infinite moment that last forever in our memory.The feeling of giving love and receive love is wonderful.I hope this painting brings you a flood of incredible memories.

Faith Evans

8x10

acrylic on canvas board

what we have here is a painting of Faith Evans. Its a demonstration painting  on the importance of focusing. Having a clear clean focus is getting more and more difficult in a noise world. focus can become easy when you enjoy what you do and don't allow anything to side tract you. 

Mila Kunas

8x10
acrylic on canvas board

My concentration on this painting was the teeth. Everybody loves a smile. But you might notice there aren't to many paintings of them. Well the truth is they can go sour easily if you don't get enough practice. Then they become easy like everything else. Practice makes perfect.

Adriana Lima

8x10
acrylic on canvas board

Another day another painting. Its really wonderful when you get to do the things you love. That thing is painting for me. Have a spectacular day full of the thing you appreciate.

Heal

8x10
acrylic on canvas

 I did this paint because it is breast cancer awareness month. Let focus on a cure.

Green

8x10
acrylic on canvas panel

 Over the years I've noticed certain patterns or themes in my work. I really don't know why somethings appeal to me sometimes more than other things. I just go with what I feel.

The Eye

8x10

acrylic on canvas panel

there is something special about the eyes. They are so expressive. They they tell a story.  A portrait doesn't seem to come together until you get the eyes right.

Repose

9x12

acrylic on watercolor paper

When I closed my eyes this is what I saw.  I saw  this painting. As matter of fact, thats how most of my work comes to be. My job as an artists is to faithfully reproduce that which I see in my minds eye.This is how it works. I see something on the outside, then I see it inside & finally recreate it on the outside. What I wish is that this image brings you the same feeling it gave me. A feeling of peace and tranquility.  Buy it on etsy here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/111281019/repose-baby-sitting-on-clouds-9x12

Science of Painting

8x10

acrylic on canvas board

By science I mean the systematize knowledge of painting.  I went to the library and couldn't find any books on subject. Now there were books on painters but none on painting. Shame on you library. Its a good thing we have resources like YouTube, but theres nothing like reading a book the old fashion way.

Meagan Good

8x10

acrylic on canvas

I was having fun with color this time. Its a monochromatic portrait made with burnt sienna. If I had 1 color to choose to make a portrait sienna would be it.

Meridiculous (JKPP)

8x10

acrylic on canvas board

The process of painting is pretty interesting. The more I do the more I see I fall back on some really basic principles. The problem with paint has nothing at all to do with the simple rules. The difficulty is in the doing. If you can get ourselves to do it continuously then we will get the results we've been looking for.

 check out this 'how to"

The Queen

9x12
 acrylic on watercolor paper

 The most versatile painting media in the know world is acrylic. I've used it to paint murals (indoor & out door), glass, plastic etc. This painting was done on watercolor paper and it came out like I did it on canvas. Now that is incredible.

 

untitled portrait (blending II)

8x10

acrylic on canvas

Another day another painting. this is another blending tutorial. I made this painting by adding glazing medium directly on the canvas. Check out this video 

untitled portrait (blending)

8x10

acrylic on canvas

With this paint I demonstrate the process of blending acrylic paint. I get an awful lot of question on this subject. Truthfully its the hardest aspect of acrylic painting or just something to learn. It depends entirely on our prospective. Instead of showing a speed painting of the portrait, I expose this method by painting the sphere to right.

3 women

8x10 

acrylic on canvas 

this is an instructional painting. I'm creating an online resource for artist.

 

Audrey

9x12
acrylic on newspaper

here is another painting of Audrey Hepburn. I was running out of things to paint on then saw a basket full of junk mail. You know what they say, "nessicity is the mother of invention.

KRS 1

8x10
acrylic on canvas
This is a painting of raper/writer/lecturer/teacha KRS 1. His name is an acronym for knowledge reign supreme. He is one of my favorite rappers from back in the day and his concert is probably the best ive ever seen.

Audrey Hepburn

8.75x11.75
acrylic on gessoed paper



on a walk along the neighborhood I noticed these flowers blooming everywhere. They inspired me to do this painting of Audrey Hepburn. Its has one her quotes.

chris farley

8x10
acrylic & water color pencil

I had the idea to do this painting rolling around in my mind for years. I remember speaking to a buddy of mine about how funny Chris Farley was and I thought this would be a perfect tribute to the man.

the lake

8x10
pencil on paper