Picking Flowers

oil on canvas, 48×60 inches. Unfortunately, the video this is from, Sarah McLachlan’s song “Stupid,” was not shot, or transferred to higher definition, so painting this took some guesswork in to what was in the shadows. I also noticed the background was the same from the scene proceeding this one, and that during this part,…

Another Lost Soul

  A painting I found where things passed from memory, to artifact.  I simply want to see that moment when she posed, knowing where this painting will end up.  I want this painting to have traveled from some forgettable town in Indiana to Southern California, having passed through several moments where it would have been…

…I Though Were My Friends..

Not sure why, but I recently pulled up a clip from Forrest Gump.  That led to looking up more and more clips from the movie.  When I first signed up for the Marines, I was in the  delayed entry program, and despite having a near 5 minute mile run time in junior high school, the…

Sketching the Water Nymphs

I’ve keep nearly every sketchbook I had since high school.  These are not from that time period, but I really need to get out there and sketch more.  When did we sign up for adulthood and gave up time to just sit around and sketch?