
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…

Portrait Study of Raffaella

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…

Three-Hour Figure Studies from 2013
The following works were made as demonstrations during my 3-hour figure painting classes every Saturday afternoon in the Spring of 2013. For more on my school, please visit the PADASOR website. If you are interested in purchasing…

Self-Portrait at Age 43

Portrait of Arianna
Watch a time-lapse video of the seven-hour, three-day process.

Figure Drawing Highlights: 2013

Water and Graphite, Volume II: Figure Studies
Highlights from 2013

Head Studies from 2013
The following works were made as demonstrations during my 3-hour portrait painting classes every Saturday morning in the Spring of 2013. For more on my school, please visit the PADASOR website. If you are interested in purchasing one…

Self-Portrait at Age 42: A Caravaggio Palette
This is a self-portrait that I did during the course Caravaggio Part I: Flesh Illuminated. It centered on a palette made exclusively of the following Williamsburg paints:
Canton Rose;
Italian Lemon Ochre;
Italian Black Roman Earth;
…

Three Self-Portraits: Three Ways to Paint
Control your edges to find the air.

Cleopatra
The time that passed from start to finish was almost a year, but the actual time it took to complete was about 5 sittings of two hours each, the last of which was just me before the mirror.