A series of Self Portraits in the style of my favorite artist throughout history. This project has been on my radar for awhile now and I am excited to begin with Evan Uglow, British 1932-2000. This often overlooked brilliant artist was never into exhibiting his work. His style is classical and he rigidly controlled his model. A grid pattern is often visible in his finished portraits.

This 8 x 6 floral in oil represents a breakthrough for me. The Purple Iris painting captures the essence of  the flower in paint.

I attended a workshop with Stanley Bielen. These three florals were painted during the workshop and signal a new direction for my painting. Looser and more intuitive.

I am having lots of fun painting strawberries for the Chelsea art fair in June.

Spring seems far away in January! inspired to paint some flowers..once again on the 6x6 panel

The yellow cup was difficult...so much yellow! I had to grey it down quite a bit. 6x6 oil on panel

I love the purple cherries with the green background. 6x6 oil on panel

This is the watercolor portrait that I described in a previous post with the frame and the custom matboard.

I created the portrait of Geneva in watercolor. This medium was perfect for the soft, backlit photo reference that I was able to pull from a video that her grandparents had sent previously. I also created a mat, during the framing process I decided that a darker color was needed to surround the soft tones of the background. I couldn't find the exact color matboard, so I used acrylic paint and watercolor paper to create a faux mat and taped it to the original white matboard. I will include a photo with the frame and custom mat.