The Gallery at Leopard Forest Coffee

Export to PDF | Export to DOCI recently hung an exhibit of my oil paintings in a new venue. Leopard Forest Coffee, located in Downtown Travelers Rest, has recently moved. They’re now part of the shops at 27 South Main. Along with this bigger space, they’ve started a gallery for artists. Here’s just a few […]

these are real people I’m painting (“HAITI: we have not forgotten” part 5/5)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCI’m in the home stretch of this painting I’m creating for the 2010 Together For Adoption Conference. It’s called “HAITI: We Have Not Forgotten.” It will be auctioned off in an effort to hopefully raise at least $10,000 to help the orphans in Haiti. Here’s photos from Day 10 […]

beauty in the rubble (“HAITI: We Have Not forgotten” part 4/5)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCIf you’ve been following my blog, then you know I’m in the midst of talking about a painting I’m creating as a donation to the 2010 Together For Adoption Conference, and their efforts to raise money for the orphans of Haiti. Day 8 into my painting called  “HAITI: We […]

hanging out the wash (“Haiti: We Have Not Forgotten” part 3/5)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCHow do you stay clean while living in a tent? How do you live in a tent with strangers? How do you move on when your life and city has been devastated by an earthquake? I do not know. I’ve spent seven days trying to untangle a very complicated […]

I’m painting for the orphans in Haiti (“HAITI: we have not forgotten” part 2/5)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCI’ve creating an oil painting which I am donating to help raise money for the orphans in Haiti. It will be auctioned off at the 2010 Together for Adoption Conference which is being help on October 1-2 in Austin, Texas this year. Here’s some photos of days three and […]

HAITI: we have not forgotten (part 1/5)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCOn September 1, 2010 I began working on a new painting. It’s inspired by a photo that was taken in Port-au-Prince, Haiti just four months after this city was devastated by the earthquake on January 12, 2010. This earthquake has left over 400,000 children as orphans. My painting was […]

the curse of the right brain (“adams lane” days 5 & 6)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCHere’s the last day of photos showing my process and progress while working on the oil painting called “adams lane.” As I looked back over this last set of photos, I find it hard to believe that I spent an entire day painting the trees. How is that possible? […]

the sunny side of the fence (“adams lane” day 4)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCI spent most of my day painting a fence. There are about 55 different little pieces that make up the white fence. So this part of the painting is a rather slow-going process. But the reward is most satisfying! My favorite thing about the fence is the contrast between the […]

the fields need to dry (painting “adams lane” day 3)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCHere’s some more photos from the commission I’ve been working on. I spent most of the day creating the grassy field which makes up the bottom half of the painting. It’s starting to take shape!

so thankful for 20/20 vision (painting “adams lane” day 2)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCToday I worked on painting the house, the barns, and the other little structures. Painting all this detail made my eyes cross (I’m not exaggerating)… mainly because it was so hard to see any detail in the photos. Hopefully I won’t need to get glasses as a result of […]