Portrait of a Young Italian
Self-Portrait at Age 42: A Caravaggio Palette
This is a self-portrait that I did during the course Caravaggio…
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…
Copying Velázquez in the National Gallery
A gallery of images + a link to the notes I took before, during and after the experience....
Painting On Site
Water and Graphite, Volume I
My experiments with water-soluble graphite in 2011 were a joyful surprise...
Knight in an Evening Landscape
My second attempt at the National Portrait Gallery competition,…
Pontifex Maximus: Drawings of the Bridges in Rome
Copying Velázquez: Philip IV In Studio
Prior to traveling to the National Gallery in London to copy…
View of the Caffarella
The Temple
Tempio I, 1998Tempio II, 1998Tempio III, 2011Tempio IV, 2011
Tempio…
Tempio…
Villas of Rome, Volume II
A Study of “Hauding”
Self-Portrait: Whistler
Giulia a Riposo
Self-Portrait, 2010
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…
Sketches of Rome in Sepia
View from Fara in Sabina
Timeless Proportions: Figure Drawing in the Museums of Rome
Titles, from top, left to right:
Palazzo Altemps,…
Palazzo Altemps,…
Villas of Rome, Volume I
*Villa Ada: Collection of Joseph and Angela RochlitzVilla BorgheseView…
View of Paris
A footnote to my stay with Odd: the view of "Paris," his summer studio, as seen at night through the glass door of his winter studio.
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 Odd Nerdrum Painting
A collection of drawings made during my stay with Odd Nerdrum in January, 2010.
View of the Atlantic
One of the many drawings made during my three week stay with Odd Nerdrum in his Studio in Norway in January of 2010.
Self-Portrait in Leather Cap with Jawbones
One of the many paintings made during my three week stay with Odd Nerdrum in his Studio in Norway in January of 2010.
Portrait of Kaja
One of the many paintings made during my three week stay with Odd Nerdrum in his Studio in Norway in January of 2010.
Portrait of Sandra
One of the many paintings made during my three week stay with Odd Nerdrum in his Studio in Norway in January of 2010.
Self-Portrait in Goat Skin Vest
One of the many paintings made during my three week stay with Odd Nerdrum in his Studio in Norway in January of 2010.
Il Giovane di Memorosa
Graphite on paper of an original charcoal on colored paper drawing (artist unknown) made in Norway.
Copy of Michelangelo: The Portrait of Andrea Quaratesi
Self-Portrait in the Bowels of Rome
Sometimes the only thing to do is hold on to those that keep…
The Portrait of Anna
Drawing Rome from Castel Sant’Angelo
In the summer of 2008 I and Edmund Sullivan developed for Context…
Pages from a Roman Summer Sketchbook
Drawings from from my summer sketchbook of 2009; made while teaching…
Figure Studies in Watercolor: Highlights from 2008 – 2009
The Portrait of Marcello Barbanera
One of several nice portraits to emerge from the bunker studio years, 2005 to 2010.
Three Sisters
A comment carried over from the old website:
Kareen…
Kareen…
Drawing with Morley
In the Spring of 2008 I had the great pleasure to accompany…
Dad Playing Sudoku Facing Left
A comment carried over from the old website:
Rebecca T.…
Rebecca T.…
Dad Playing Sudoku Facing Right
This painting was taken to London and presented…
The Portrait of Elizabeth Cardinale
Fayum Portrait of Silvia
Eclisse
Begun at the start of 2006, completed in the Fall of…
Macbethian
The Portrait of Neil Hunter
Portrait of Stefania
Comment carried over from the old website:
Urszula wrote:
Hi…
Urszula wrote:
Hi…
Self-Portrait
Lungotevere: Paintings and Drawings Along the Tiber
*Along the Tiber I*Along the Tiber IIView from Ponte Sisto Facing…
The Portrait of Angela Provenzano
The Great Eye Still Cannot See Itself
Self-Portrait in the Shadows
Comment carried over from the old website:
cass…
Emily
A comment carried over from the old website:
Staci…
Portrait Sketches and Figure Studies from Graduate School: 1996 – 1998
Passing Anthemoessa
Courtship
I remember this painting as the quintessential example…
Portrait of Erica
The Hunt
A comment by me pulled from the old website and originally written…
If Destiny Had Wings
A comment carried over from the old website by my friend…
Self-Portrait as a Shadow
Beth
Roman Landscapes from 1997
La Loggia
Aaron and Becca
Rae Asleep
Rae
Banana and Pear
Coconut and Rutabaga by Day
Coconut and Rutabaga by Night
Onions
Ilaria
Jewel
Painted in 1995, my first attempt at a full-size nude yielded a great anecdote of a painter in need of a model.
Tracy
Leah
Self-Portrait in Brera Art School Studio
Self-Portrait in a Circle
Ligurian Landscape
Ligurian Interior
Sam & Judy
The Dress
The Flower for Ophelia
Katie
The Portrait of Susan Coller
The Studio of Alix Bailey
A look back at a painting from the early nineties....
Monte Acuto
John Waldron Arts Center – 1994
The Portrait of Rob Davidson
A portrait from 20 years back...
Christine Asleep
T
Portrait of Grazia Ruspoli
The Red Wall
Self-Portrait with a Wine Glass
Nello Studio del Maestro
My undergraduate education in painting and drawing was solid,…
Narcissus
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PADASOR
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