
Pharos
August 14, 2026/by tja
Ginevra
June 21, 2026/by tja
Circe
June 20, 2026/by tja
First Day in Ilium
September 19, 2025/by tja
La Veduta da Barsento
September 5, 2024/by tja
Evening by the Sea
September 5, 2024/by tja
The Argentiera on August 11th, 2024
September 5, 2024/by tja
Just after the Sun Fell on August 18th, 2024
September 5, 2024/by tja
Lost Horizon
September 5, 2024/by tja
Watercolors from Venice – 2023
The House Tintoretto
Da San Giorgio Guardando Santa Maria…
June 18, 2024/by tjaDa San Giorgio Guardando Santa Maria…

Il Tempietto alla Prima
March 17, 2024/by tja
Sunset Near the Laghetto
March 15, 2024/by tja
Coda (Portrait of Matilde)
December 23, 2023/by tja
The Venetian
November 19, 2022/by tja
The Nightstand
February 24, 2021/by tja
Head Study of an Italian Actor
If you would like to learn how I made this painting and…
November 14, 2020/by tja
Portrait of a Roman Actress
May 17, 2020/by tja
A Break in the Rain in Villa Borghese
December 7, 2019/by tja
Portrait of a Young Law Student
December 7, 2019/by tja
Salome in Waiting
"Salome" is available for purchase, including the frame, if desired. If you are interested, please contact me.
January 4, 2017/by tja
The Dig
"The Dig" is available for purchase, including the frame, if desired. If you are interested, please contact me.
November 15, 2016/by tja
The Night Watch
"The Night Watch" is available for purchase, including the frame, if desired. If you are interested, please contact me.
October 20, 2016/by tja
Boar Skull
October 7, 2016/by tja
Portrait of Roxanna
October 7, 2016/by tja
Sunset at Rocca Calascio
Made in June, 2013 during a weekend painting workshop in Rocca…
April 4, 2015/by tja
Portrait Study of Raffaella
April 4, 2015/by tja
The Duchess
The Duchess was pre-selected for the National Gallery…
November 15, 2014/by tja
Three-Hour Figure Studies from 2013
The following works were made as demonstrations during my 3-hour…
October 23, 2014/by tja
Self-Portrait at Age 43
October 22, 2014/by tja
Portrait of Arianna
Watch a time-lapse video of the seven-hour, three-day pr…
May 9, 2014/by tja
Figure Drawing Highlights: 2013
November 9, 2013/by tja
Water and Graphite, Volume II: Figure Studies
Highlights from 2013
November 9, 2013/by tja
Head Studies from 2013
The following works were made as demonstrations during my 3-hour…
June 1, 2013/by tja
Self-Portrait at Age 42: A Caravaggio Palette
This is a self-portrait that I did during the course Caravaggio…
June 12, 2012/by tja
Three Self-Portraits: Three Ways to Paint
Control your edges to find the air.
May 12, 2012/by tja
Cleopatra
The time that passed from start to finish was almost…

Water and Graphite, Volume I
My experiments with water-soluble graphite in 2011 were a joyful surprise...
December 1, 2011/by tja
Knight in an Evening Landscape
My second attempt at the National Portrait Gallery competition,…
November 9, 2011/by tja
Pontifex Maximus: Drawings of the Bridges in Rome
October 12, 2011/by tja
Copying Velázquez: Philip IV In Studio
Prior to traveling to the National Gallery in London to copy…
September 26, 2011/by tja
The Temple
Tempio I, 1998Tempio II, 1998Tempio III, 2011Tempio IV, 2011
Tempio…
August 1, 2011/by tjaTempio…

A Study of “Hauding”

Self-Portrait: Whistler
March 19, 2011/by tja
Giulia a Riposo
November 9, 2010/by tja
Head Study of Giulia
A head study made during the course The…

Sundown: Landscapes of Rome and Puglia
Sundown I RomeSundown II RomeSundown III RomeSundown IV Rome(Clouds…
July 15, 2010/by tja
Sketches of Rome in Sepia
July 11, 2010/by tja
View from Fara in Sabina

Timeless Proportions: Figure Drawing in the Museums of Rome
Titles, from top, left to right:
Palazzo Altemps,…
June 12, 2010/by tjaPalazzo Altemps,…

Villas of Rome, Volume I
*Villa Ada: Collection of Joseph and Angela RochlitzVilla BorgheseView…
June 10, 2010/by tjaNews
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
Caravaggio Studies
Decoding Caravaggio: Bridging the Gap between Technical Analysis, Theory and PerformanceJune 18, 2024 - 10:19 am
Investigating Caravaggio: What Can Technical Analysis Tell us about Technique?May 6, 2024 - 11:36 am
Recent Work
PharosAugust 14, 2026 - 9:10 am
Castro: L’Argentiera at SunsetJuly 19, 2026 - 10:52 am
CirceJune 20, 2026 - 9:39 am
Self-Portrait as Rembrandt in the PADASOR StudioDecember 5, 2025 - 1:02 pm
© TJALife Study of LunaNovember 1, 2025 - 4:00 pm
© TJAFirst Day in IliumSeptember 19, 2025 - 4:37 pm
CourtshipMay 29, 2025 - 1:11 pm
PADASOR
- Welcome to PADASOR – A Video Tour May 22, 2026
- Michael Harding comes to PADASOR! September 22, 2025
- Courses Announced for Fall 2025 August 26, 2025
- The PADASOR 2025 Exhibition June 2, 2025
- Courses Announced for Spring 2025 January 14, 2025
- Courses Announced for Fall 2024 September 2, 2024
- Learning to Draw and Paint: an Educational Odyssey August 24, 2023
- Painting the Self-Portrait with Nick Chaundy: Mirrors and Magic August 17, 2023
pLog
- “To Excel the Past…” May 15, 2024
- “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
- Video: Lessons from Van Dyck September 5, 2022