
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…

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…

The Nerdrum School – The Master and His Students
I am greatly honored to be included in this book. Cover painting by Helene Knoop.

Return to Olympus
Time again with Odd in Norway.

Portrait of the Artist’s Mother
A work still in progress, but I see some light through the trees. Photos by the artist's father, Dr. David T. Allen.

TJA on Google Open Gallery
I am pleased to announce that I am now a part of the Google Open Gallery.

For Maestro
There are Painters who teach
And Teachers who paint
And there is Kingsley
His performance as Teacher
Gave me courage and discipline
His performance as Painter
Proved him right
Show me, fair Caesar
A Kingly star to sail by
And…

The Eternal Development of a Painter’s Website
Updated: October 14th, 2014
Time again for a change. Long overdue for an update with new work. Embarrassingly overdue in transferring all content from the old website (circa 2009) to this one. Target date: January 1, 2015!
Updated:…

Jewel
Painted in 1995, my first attempt at a full-size nude yielded a great anecdote of a painter in need of a model.