Family Portrait Series (D), 2008

18 x 24 inches, acrylic paint on canvas. My dad :)

Little by little its getting easier to paint flesh tones. I've been having trouble trying to set the colors right but it turns out, the more frustrated I get when painting, the quicker I get to the point in the painting where I feel more comfortable........I don't get it.

Family Portrait Series (JU), 2008

18 x 24 inches, acrylic paint.

This was made for my painting class. Its a part of my family series and he's my uncle.... :)

Family Portrait Series (J), 2008

18 x 24 inches, Acrylic on canvas.

This ones the first painting in the series and its of my little sister. I'll go back into it for the details in the hair, other then that I think I'm done.......I think.

Family Portrait Series (M), 2008

18 x 24 inches, Acrylic paint on canvas. :)

Family Portrait Series, this one is still a work in progress.... I'll post it again when its done.

23rd Street, 10th Ave

So this is what I came up with. It took about three days to do and I'm happy with it......I want to make another one....BYE! 12-20-08

11 x 14 inches, Acrylic paint on canvas.

The image is from a picture I took early in the morning waiting for the bus. I liked the photograph so I'm trying to paint it to see how it will look like. I'll post another image of the next step I took from here.

Construction/Sunset, Fall 2008

11 x 14 inches, Acrylic paint on canvas.

Its not yet done. I'm going to work on the sky a bit more and on the buildings. But I want it to fade towards the bottom.

Portrait in Profile (Details)

Detail of hair 

Detail of eye

Portrait in Profile '08

18 x 24 inches, Oil Painting.

I am still working on this one. There is a chance that the background will change because I'm not sure the blue is working for the rest of the image. And I'd like to re-work the models neck, it's a bit too dark. :)

Sitting Model '08

18 x 24 inches, oil on canvas, (STILL IN PROGRESS)

Reading Model '08

18 x 24 inches, oil on canvas

Male Model

18 x 24 inches, oil on canvas, male model, (STILL IN PROGRESS) 

High Line 2 (series)

18 x 24 inches, acrylic on canvas, high line series 

High Line 1 (series)

18 x 24 inches, Oil on canvas, High Line series (STILL IN PROGRESS)

"Fruits and Ribs (work in progress)" 18 x 24 in, oil on canvas

20 x 30 in, Oil on canvas, female model

"Untitled" 18x 24 in, oil on canvas

Candles and Fruit Still Life '08

18 x 24 in, Oil on canvas, personal collection

The camera I used picked up the light source too much. The background is completely black/brown. This painting is one of my first paintings done in oil. The brush strokes are very free flowing and painterly. I think it's my favorite way of accomplishing a painting and I think I'm going to stick to it.