Food Products.

Painting food in advertising is a challenge considering the guidelines. The guidelines being; that they look fresh, colorful, & appetizing. I don't know if I captured it but it was sure fun when I painted it back in '92. The acrylic painting was inspired by the quirky illustrations of Barry Jackson.

Salome!

This is my first figure painting from live models since art school. I've done alot of drawing in the last 15 to 20 years but not full blown painting. These professional models look familiar because they've posed for all the big studios, agencies, and schools around southern California for years. The 12 x 12 inch acrylic painting, in progress, depicts the Biblical story of Salome who danced the dance of seven veils for her stepfather King Herod in return for John the Baptist's head.

Lost In Translation.

Any of those folks that went to art school in Detroit between 1985 to 1991 can remember this assignment from Design Theory One (color theory). That's where you pick an image to paint, plot out all the colors in the scheme, and paint 4 more variations (translations) plus a negative (complimentary) version, and draw a 3 dimensional diagram of the color chart for each. And, yes, it was all done by hand in gouache. Sleepless nights & losing myself in the paintings, I'll never forget the process and, more importantly, the formula.

Caricature Studies.

This is a work in progress. These drawings vary in degree of caricature and are in the first stages of development. There may be improvement in design, clean-up, and color may be added to the final art.