OPA Award of Excellence

I am so honored to have had my painting, Looking Back, awarded the Figurative Award of Excellence at the Oil Painters of America’s 24th Annual National Exhibition!

This year’s show runs until May 25, 2015 at Cutter & Cutter’s Brilliance in Color Gallery in St. Augustine, FL. The entire show can be viewed here http://www.cutterandcutter.com/events/opa/index.html 

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.

Sweet Sound

Wanted to get the sense of the light shapes emerging out of the shadows again. Still working it out in my mind! I also liked the triangular composition of this pose. Thanks for viewing!

Cool Shadows, Warm Light

2015 has got me going in a bit of a new direction with my portraits. It's still so fun to capture the light & shadow patterns on a face, but I'm trying to be a bit more creative with it.

Oil Painters of America!

Got word yesterday that "Looking Back" was juried into the Oil Painters of America's 24th Annual National Juried Exhibition! I am very fortunate to be included in this show! It will take place at Cutter & Cutter's Brilliance in Color Gallery in St. Augustine, FL from May 1 - 25, 2015.

Steph

This is a portrait I finished last week of my beautiful niece, Stephanie. Think I'll send it to her as a surprise!