Abraham Lincoln

This is my first stab at a knife painting in oil. The piece is 18x24. I don't have any idea what Lincoln's skin tone was, so I'll just have to wing it. George Peter Alexander Healy did the official White House portrait of President Lincoln. Here's the outline, so, we'll just see how it goes.

Quick sketch of nude model

War Art - Repost

I'm just reuploading this so that you can see the progression and not have to scroll back months to try and find the final image.

War Art

This is the almost completed image of the coffee still life I completed some time ago. I said that I was going to repost it, and forgot. Here's the piece without the finished background.

Billie Holiday - Lady Sings The Blues

I believe it was November of 2011 that I posted the video to the making of this painting. I just realized that I've never posted a photo of the painting. The calligraphy that's in the video was done by me as well, and if you'd like to purchase the painting, the calligraphy comes with it. It consists of the lyrics to the song, 'Lady Sings The Blues.'

The painting is on 4 16x20 canvases. It's in acrylic and the entire painting is blue with the exception of the stark white portions. Even the darkest areas are a very, very dark shade of blue.

Coffee Sketch

Here is the beginning of a sketch of a still life - coffee. Coffee is by far, one of my favorite subjects. I Loves It. Anyway, this is kind of a repost in a round about sort of way. The finished image was posted some time ago, but I never showed the sketches of it, so I thought I'd post them here. I'll repost the completed image so you don't have to scroll through to try & find the finished.

Head Study - Complete

This is the final. I'm pleased with the level of depth & shading. But I'm not too pleased with the way the face looks slightly off and cocked wrong. I guess that's what happens when you start the foundation wrong. If you lay the foundation to a house wrong, it doesn't matter how pretty you make it, it will be wrong. I laid the foundation to this thing wrong. It looks nice, no doubt, but it's all off.