"Your Boy Can Play"

I switched back to acrylics to paint Robert Johnson's portrait and I'm still undecided which medium I like best...though I am really happy with this one. I'm sure you're all familiar with this story...He made a deal with the devil at the crossroads.

Acrylic on canvas
12 x 24

President Van Buren?

No. It's just my pal Steve Taylor. I took this picture with my phone a year ago and decided to take a shot at painting it.

Oil on canvas
6 x 8 inches

Red Onion - For Sale

Finally back to painting during my busiest month. I wanted to get back into the swing by painting small again. This is one of the many still life set ups I have photographed...a red onion.

Oil on canvas
6 x 8 inches
$100

Lemon - For Sale

Here's another image on a more colorful background than my earlier paintings.
Oil on Canvas
6 x 8"
$100

Strawberries - Sold

Here's another in the series of fresh produce. Once again on stretched canvas.
Oil on canvas
6 x 8"
$100

Sweet Potato - Sold

I'm back to painting a few smaller pieces and this one seemed to come together pretty well...using the synthetic bristle brushes and no color ground.
Oil on canvas
6 x 8"

Bride of Frankenstein- For Sale

Here's another stab at a portrait. I painted this from a black and white photo of Elsa Lanchester. That's enough portraiture for a little while. I think I'm going back to inanimate objects for awhile.
Oil on canvas
16 x 20"
$425

Hitchock - For Sale

I've wanted to try my hand at a few portraits lately. Here's the master of suspense...painted from a black and white photo. The color is all made up from other photo reference. Overall, I'm pretty pleased. I would like it to be a little looser and more expressive, but that's part of the learning experience.
Oil on canvas
9 x 12"
$350

Blue Robot - For Sale

Here's a sketch I did in an attempt to use a different set of brushes. Not sure I liked them, but here's the finished result. It's a reference photo I pulled from the web on a site that sell wind up robots.
Oil on canvas
6 x 8"
$75

Habaneros Revisited - Sold

Back by popular demand...not really. I decided to take another stab at the orange habaneros I painted a while ago. Just a slightly different approach; and this time they're painted on stretched canvas using a slightly softer bristle brush.
6 x 8"
Oil on canvas
$100

Orange Pepper Halved - For Sale

Here's is another version of the famed orange pepper. I operated on this one to get a more interesting perspective. Lots of stuff in there make it harder to paint.
6 x 6"
Oil on canvas
$100

Yellow Pepper - For Sale

Back to painting produce in smaller sizes...a yellow pepper this time. These have been fun and challenging.
6 x 8"
Oil on canvas
$100

Bo Diddley - For Sale

Here's a portrait of the late Bo Diddley that I've wanted to do for a while. You gotta like that red jacket and his odd guitar! I painted it in oil on wrapped, stretched canvas w/ 3/4 inch stretcher bars.
20 x 30"
Oil on canvas
$500

Three Red Pears

I painted these in acrylic on a small linen panel. As I said earlier, jumping back to acrylics is much more difficult than I thought it would be.
5 x 7"
Acrylic on linen panel
$100

Jimi Hendrix

Here's a painting I did a little while ago. It's on a 1.5" gallery wrapped canvas and painted in oils. The large, dark background makes it hard to photograph and avoid the glare.
18 x 24"
Oil on canvas
$500

Cobalt Dawn - Sold

I decided to take a shot at working in acrylics again. I've enjoyed oils so much it's hard to go back. I really liked the colors in this.
10 x 20"
Acrylic on canvas
$250

Egret in Swamp

Still in the animal world...an egret in a swamp at dusk. It's painted on a Raymar canvas panel.
6 x 8"
Oil on panel
$100

A Dashing Canine

I decided to try something different...this sketch is on a 6 x 8 stretched canvas. It's the first time I've painted something like this in a smaller format.
6 x 8"
Oil on canvas
Not for sale (but I'll take commissions)

Orange Pepper - Sold

Making the rounds on paintings of bell peppers...this time it's orange. Up next, yellow.
6 x 6"
Oil on canvas
$100

2 Apples - For Sale

This time out, I'm painting fruit.
6 x 8"
OIl on Canvas
$100