Here are a few recent portrait studies done over the last few months...although portrait commissions have come to a stand still, because of the economy, I continue to keep my skills up by doing these three- hour studies.....












This portrait was done last year. I showed a picture of it in an earlier blog as part of the interior it was in....it measures 30x36, and is oil on canvas...I thought it came out very well, although I would like to have put a shaul around her arms to add more movement and interest in that area,and also to take the focus away from her bust line and more towards her face.




















Here are a few landscape scetches I've been offering for sale on Ebay...to get bread and butter on the table......I often visit my brother in Rhinebeck New York,along the Hudson river, it is beautiful country,and there is a good audience from New York City for the pictures. I will continue to do more in that area. Location means a lot to people so I try to find familiar spots that also fullfil my asthetic needs as well.