New Website

working on building a new website. I haven't fully uploaded all the information and the gallery but I am working on information about drawing classes, new art school and curriculum. Here's the link

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New Workshop

Come join us for a Colored Pencil Workshop in Athens Texas September 10-13th. This workshop will be a floral on Uart sanded paper. This technique is easier and beautiful like painting with rich colors. Hope you can join me. Please email me if you are interested.

New Drawing Finally Finished

After many hours (and I mean many) of work and frustration with this drawing I finally put the pencil to rest. I am very happy and pleased with this one although when sketching it out I ran into many problems and had to re-size a lot of things over and over. But it's finished and going to the framers. Graphite 19x24 on Bristol Smooth 400

Pitcher and Lemons

SOLD aaahhh finally sold a painting the other day. Sales have been really slow this this year but glad this one found a new home. Trying to get some painting in after a few months of just drawing. Talk about 2 days of scraping out.......try try again.

Boots and Roses

Got a call from the Mayor of Tyler TX and they picked me to come up with a piece of artwork as a gift for (their sister city) the Mayor of San Miguel Mexico. I couldn't think for the life of me what to choose as I didn't have much around the house but I did have a pair of old lesther boots I had done a few years back. So, I decided to add a reddish pink rose as Tyler is well known for their roses. I put the rose in the boot (in colored pencil) and it was quite lovely and made an impact.

She LOVED it and coincidently the boots were Sancho boots made in Spain! How perfect........anyway I got to see the presentation and I was very honored to have my boots in the mayor's house for her to enjoy.

This is something I have been working on lately and I have been wanting to do this for years and I finally think I have enough information under my belt to give it a try. This is still a work in progress as the ear, neck, hand and back of the head are not finished. It's still in it's block in stage and more work  on the jaw where shadows elude me......but I'm getting it. oil on claessens, baltic birch 11x14

SHE WON! Well second place and that is awesome as it's a HUGE award......ALTHOUGH they didn't even call me to tell me and I missed the reception, which I wanted to go to but I figured if I didn't get a phone call (I didn't) I would not make the 6 hour drive. Made me mad and happy at the same time....



12x12 oil on canvas - available $175

Welcome 2012! Glad that's over. I made a promise to myself and here is the first one today. My goals are set out and the first is to learn to paint trees.....I hope I can fulfill my promise.