As the new baseball season starts it's re-birth in Spring training, so does my love of painting baseball players. I learned how to draw the human face and figure by copying baseball pictures out of magazines 20+ years ago. And I'm glad I still find pleasure in the practice.
A beautiful, foggy evening in Raleigh tonight. On my way to the studio I took this pic as I crossed the Boylan Bridge.
Next month I'll be part of group show at ArtSpace in Raleigh. The show consists of the past Regional Emerging Artists form the past 3 years, so it promises to be an excellent show.
Cleaning up the edges of some smaller works on paper.
Bijou enjoying a lazy Christmas
While I typically shy away from political themes, I, as did much of the world, got caught in the Pussy Riot case. From that I painted the pieces below, taken from a Montreat yearbook from 1957. I like the idea that women of every generation had some riot in them.
Alice Become a Hooligan
Everyone Has a Riot Inside of Them
Started a new piece the other day. Here it is under construction.
The following pieces were submitted to two different juried shows. We shall see...
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