Drawing – Dash of Cinnamon
18″ x 24″
graphite and chalk on toned paper
Playing with Scale
Because I exaggerate scale so much in my work, I spend a lot of time adjusting objects in order to make them look “real”. There are a few problems with working on such a small area in real life in order to transform it into a large environment. One is that I can’t always sit […]
Dash of Cinnamon
30″ x 40″
oil on linen
I had been looking to do a follow up painting to the drawing of Sean in the sugar jar for a long time. I came up with Dash of Cinnamon. In this scene, Sean has escaped from the jar and […]
Cliffhangers Drawing
I thought I should follow up the last post with the preliminary drawing. The warm toned paper helped with visualizing the colors of the final painting.
Progression Shots – Cliffhangers
Here is another set of progression shots for my painting “Cliffhangers.”
Progression Shots – Bones Will Crumble
I have become addicted to taking progress shots for my work. The ability to go back and see how I […]
Bones Will Crumble
30″ x 30″
oil on linen
This is the new painting I was trying not to “lick.” When I first moved to Philadelphia, I was fascinated with radiators because I had never really seen them before. We don’t have them in Texas. Ours was in good condition but you could tell […]
Scale Conversion Diagram
18″ x 24″
pen and watercolor
I thought it would be fun (and useful) to create a scale reference for myself to figure out how my tiny figures compare to other objects. I had in mind those dinosaur guides that always show up in natural history museums. It might […]
Don’t Lick the Painting Ricky
I’ve started a new painting after a few months hiatus. It’s been tough to start new pieces lately because I seem to keep moving. It takes time to get settled in to a new studio and feel comfortable. This painting, I hope, will finally take me back to a place I reached back at the […]
New Painting: Cliffhangers
20″ x 16″
oil on linen