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A Break in the Rain along the Tiber

The painting was started this past summer on a sunny July morning.  The initial result wasn’t satisfying, so a second onsite attempt was made to finish the painting, but it still didn’t turn out the way I would have liked.  I went back…
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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…
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Portrait of My Uncle, Joseph P. Allen IV

My third attempt at the BP National Portrait Gallery competition (2014).  Given the poetic paradox between medium and subject matter (oil-portrait-meets-astronaut), I thought my chances were good.  Again rejected.
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Netherland

News Update, June 2013 Netherland was pre-selected for the for the 7th Figurativas Painting and Sculpture Competition 2013, in Barcelona, Spain. Netherland is the first completed work from a series of paintings started in the Fall…