Arianna in Profile
Arianna
The first portrait to be completed while following the strict diet of "white is light", instruction on the technique courtesy of Charles Weed.
Salome in Waiting
"Salome" is available for purchase, including the frame, if desired. If you are interested, please contact me.
Memoria
"Memoria" is available for purchase, including the frame, if desired. If you are interested, please contact me.
The Night Watch
"The Night Watch" is available for purchase, including the frame, if desired. If you are interested, please contact me.
The Portrait of Zia Marisa
One way to limit the use of photography in the studio: draw from life, paint from the drawing.
Odyssey’s End
Sunset at Rocca Calascio
Made in June, 2013 during a weekend painting workshop in Rocca…
Portrait Study of Raffaella
The Duchess
Related story: The Duchess in London
Begun in July of…
Begun in July of…
Self-Portrait at Age 43
Portrait of Arianna: A Seven-Hour Portrait from Life
Water and Graphite, Volume II: Figure Studies
Highlights from 2013
Portrait of My Uncle, Joseph P. Allen IV
My third attempt at the BP National Portrait Gallery competition…
Roman Sky
Netherland
News Update, June 2013
Netherland was pre-selected for the for…
Netherland was pre-selected for the for…
Copying Velázquez in the National Gallery
A gallery of images + a link to the notes I took before, during and after the experience....
Water and Graphite, Volume I
My experiments with water-soluble graphite in 2011 were a joyful surprise...
Sketches of Rome in Sepia
Villas of Rome, Volume I
All paintings made in the Summer of 2010 during a painting…
Disarm
Of all the paintings made during my three week stay with Odd Nerdrum in his Studio in Norway in January of 2010, this one is the best.
Drawing with Morley
In the Spring of 2008 I had the great pleasure to accompany…
Courtship
I remember this painting as the quintessential example…