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Some Portrait Studies: 2007 – 2009
The subjects: Stefania, Neil, Elizabeth, Paula and Marcello.
Watercolors from the Grand Canyon
I’m finally getting around to bringing over all remaining images from the old website. Here are the watercolors I made while traveling 14 days down the Colorado river through the Grand Canyon in September of 2008. Some comments on the images that I’ve carried over from the old website: October 11th, 2008 by Richard Wanderman comments on The […]
Portrait of Saga alla Prima
Those of you with me for Figure Drawing on Thursdays at the end of the Spring session in 2014 probably remember the evening Saga walked in to join us: a six-foot (+?) Swedish girl with long rich red curly hair, white skin and lips painted like a Geisha. Her look was so arresting that I […]
Sunset at Rocca Calascio
Made in June, 2013 during a weekend painting workshop in Rocca Calascio. It took me longer than I would have wished to get it varnished and framed. Below is a screenshot from the video that was made after the excursion. Watch the entire video. I did bring it into the studio for some editing and […]
The Duchess in London
The BP National Portrait Gallery of London Portrait Competition took a step in the right direction this year by splitting the judging process into two stages: an initial selection from images submitted digitally, then a final selection made from the actual paintings. I was very pleased to have The Duchess pass the initial selection from 2,750 […]
The Duchess
The Duchess was pre-selected for the National Gallery in London’s BP Portrait Award in 2015. Related story: The Duchess in London Begun in July of 2014 and completed November 7th shortly after a week-long trip to London, which included a visit to “Rembrandt: The Late Works” at the National Gallery. (The ruff was in the […]
News
- Group Painting Exhibition: “Seeing is Believing”March 4, 2024 - 12:37 pm
- Together We Art: an Upcoming Exhibition and Silent Auction for the Life Project 4 YouthOctober 9, 2022 - 4:39 pm
- Painting the Portrait in Oil from Life at The American University of RomeOctober 5, 2022 - 8:59 pm
- Induction into the Woodford County Public Schools Hall of FameOctober 4, 2022 - 7:24 pm
- In the Studio, June 2022September 9, 2022 - 8:44 pm
Recent Work
- ˝© Timothy Joseph AllenIl Tempietto alla PrimaMarch 17, 2024 - 10:22 am
- ˝© Timothy Joseph AllenUmbrian Rain CloudsMarch 15, 2024 - 11:18 pm
- ˝© Timothy Joseph AllenV and His Mistress in Villa BorgheseMarch 15, 2024 - 11:15 pm
- ˝© Timothy Joseph AllenSunset Near the LaghettoMarch 15, 2024 - 11:11 pm
- © Timothy Joseph AllenUn Prato in Villa BorgheseMarch 15, 2024 - 10:39 pm
- Coda (Portrait of Matilde)December 23, 2023 - 11:05 pm
- Luna (Portrait of Lea)September 4, 2023 - 10:55 am
PADASOR
- Learning to Draw and Paint: an Educational Odyssey August 24, 2023
- Painting the Self-Portrait with Nick Chaundy: Mirrors and Magic August 17, 2023
- Intensive Workshop with Charles Weed: April 24 – 28, 2023 January 8, 2023
- Chariots in the Sky: Leonid Ilyukhin Presented the Development of his Ceiling Painting in Villa Falconieri November 18, 2022
- The Art of the Finish: from Theory to Practice September 22, 2022
pLog
- “Last Words” on Painting March 27, 2024
- Trans Oxides vs. Siennas January 29, 2024
- The Flat Tint January 28, 2024
- Yarn Weaving October 12, 2023
- pLog Pith XVIII November 6, 2022
- Book Note of the Day: Preservation of Breadth September 18, 2022