First Novel

This painting was inspired one night while walking home from my old studio in downtown Ferndale. I caught a glimpse of a young person typing in one of the many basement apartments along Nine Mile. Several sketches preceded the actual painting.

Fine art prints of this painting are available here.

Oil on panel, 16 x 20 inches, c. 2005
#144

Cupid

When I was in art school at the University of Iowa there was a lot of talk about drawing, especially pertaining to line.

Bamboo pen and ink, 2003.
#143

Head Study

The worst thing about going through all my old drawings was having to spray them with that noxious fixative. I went through over a dozen cans. Fortunately my studio is big and has good ventilation.

Graphite on paper, 12 x 9 inches, c.1997
#142

Charcoal Study

I just finished cataloging well over a thousand old drawings, watercolors, pastels, prints, and oils, including thirty-five sketchbooks. I am going to post some of them in the next few weeks as I complete a portrait commission. Here is the first.

Charcoal on paper, 9 x 12 inches, c.2002
#141

Woman and Chain

Continuing to post older work. Fine art prints of this painting are available here ... http://goo.gl/4GVaYv

Oil on panel, 16 x 20 inches, 1998
#140

Portrait of Sarah

I worked with Sarah only once or twice, but she was a very expressive model. This painting is unique in that it was done on copper. The copper panel was given to me by the artist Ken Kaiser, who prepared it himself. The original painting as well as fine art prints are available here...http://goo.gl/kxdscJ

Oil on copper, 10 x 8 inches, 2015
#139

Top Hat

 

I am going to post older work as I continue with commissioned portraits, as well as developing a series of paintings of the Great Lakes. Fine art prints of this painting are available here.

Oil on panel, 12 x 10 inches, 2001.
#138

Kenneth B. Katz

Ken Katz is an art conservator and the 2014 president of the Prismatic Club in Detroit. He is also a mountain climber, and some of the mountains he has climbed are represented in the paintings which hang behind him. Also in the paintings are several buildings in Detroit which are of significance to him. The setting for the portrait is the interior of the Prismatic Club.

Fine art prints are available here.

Oil on linen, 30 x 24 inches, 2015
#137

Patrick J. Curtin

My portrait of Patrick J. Curtin, Spaulding & Curtin Funeral Directors LLC, in Ferndale, MI.

Fine art prints are available here.

Oil on linen, 20 x 16 inches, 2014

#136

Mark R. Weber, PhD

Dr. Weber was president of the Grosse Pointe War Memorial for over thirty years. It was a pleasure and an honor to paint his portrait.

Fine art prints are available here.

Oil on linen, 24 x 30 inches, 2014
#135

Pouring Water

The original is available through the David Klein Gallery in Birmingham, MI. Fine art prints are available here.

Oil on panel, 24 x 18 inches, 2003.
#134

Sleep

In this 2006 work I tried to capture the feeling of drifting off to sleep at twilight. The dozing cupid echoes the theme.  Available as a fine art print here.

Oil on panel, 20 x 16 inches, 2006

The Light at South Manitou

The lighthouse on South Manitou Island was built in 1871. Only its light is still operative. The island itself is now uninhabited. The original painting and fine art prints are available here.

Oil on canvas paper, 4.5 x 12 inches, 2014

#132

Two Larger Studies From Glen Haven

These larger studies were done in the barn studio during my recent residency at the Glen Arbor Art Association. Both are oil on canvas, 10 x 20 inches. Fine art prints as well as the originals are available here.

#131

First Two Studies

These were my first two studies while artist-in-residence at the Glen Arbor Art Association on Michigan's Leelanau Peninsula. The first day it rained heavily, so I opened the barn doors of my studio and painted the granary and surrounding buildings on Thoreson Farm. On the second day the weather still looked threatening, but I did venture out to paint the studio barn itself. Both the originals as well as fine art prints are available here.

#130

Plein Air Studies from the Leelanau Peninsula

Here are a few plein air studies from my recent residency at the Glen Arbor Art Association. It was a great experience, and I intend to develop these into larger studio paintings. They are all 4.5 x 12 inches, oil on canvas paper. The originals as well as fine art prints are available here.

#129

Artist-In-Residence

In am currently artist-in-residence at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Glen Arbor, MI. The landscape here is astounding, and I am painting plein air every day. The National Park Service offers artist residencies throughout the country. You can read more about it here. 

I was interviewed about my residency here.

Art Walk Central

I was one of two judges this past weekend at Art Walk Central in Mt. Pleasant, MI. Learn more about it here.

Portrait of Haley

The pose was Haley's own idea. She had a natural talent for modeling. Fine art prints of this painting are available here.

Oil on linen panel, 10 x 8 inches, 2008
#128

Jordyn

A close-up portrait of a favored model. Prints are available here.

Oil on linen panel, 6 x 6 inches, 2008
#127

Ashley with Flower

Ashley was a favorite model a few years back. Fine art prints of this painting are available here.

Oil on linen panel, 9 x 12 inches, 2008
#126