Man with Red Horse After being inspired by the work of German artist Franz Marc, I moved on to tackling oil paints. I loved how he was able to get such bold colors with the oils. Man with Red Horse was my first. Oils are thicker, smellier, and drying time can take...
Longhorn Roundup In this painting I used what I learned from working with watercolors to create a watery look with acrylic paints. I basically let the paint and water do most of the work letting it flow down the canvas, running into each other. Painting like this can...
Gentle Brut As I continue working in soft pastels I am always looking for subject matter to draw. I chose to do a rotweiller as an example of the pet portraits that I do. When you look at the black areas of the dog you will see blues and white within the black do give...
Green Tree Frog I worked for a company that did editing for National Geographic Kids magazines. They always have great photographs of animals and nature. I came across this green tree frog on one the covers. The colors of the frog were amazing! At the time, I was just...
Vamp April This isn’t even my work though it is me in the illustration. At art school, we had an assignment in our illustration class to depict different emotions. We were paired up and then each of us had to use our partner as the subject of our emotions...