Jen in Strong Light

I photographed my niece, Jennifer, last summer as the sun was shining directly on her. I thought it would make a nice painting. I painted it on a gessoed panel instead of my usual canvas panel and it was a challenge to get the paint to do what I wanted it to! I also tried a new technique of messing it up a bit with a tissue before I finished it -- fun exercise!

High Noon

Still fascinated with shadow, strong light and the shadows they produce! The shadows from the sunglasses were fun to paint.

Morning Tea

Here's a small portrait I just finished from our photo shoot at the Banks House. It's another smallish portrait at 11x14. I like working small -- each stroke counts more!

Copper & Gourd

This still life was painted during a workshop I took with artist, Qiang Huang a couple of weeks ago. This was the one I did on day 1 and I think it turned out the best of the 3. Qiang is a wonderful teacher and an even more wonderful artist! I learned so alot from him.