Here’s few contemporary paintings in my studio… Mixing different styles and techniques I created these works over the past few years. Bottom row of inks are ripped from a sketchbook that is filled with bold figurative work. Playing and experimenting with many different styles.
Very quick ink studies on rice paper from 2009… Bold strokes in black ink on thin Japanese rice paper. One of my favorite ways to sketch is with a thick brush loaded with ink, trying to capture the essence or mood of the subject. Here, I tried to capture the movement of MJ with very … Continue reading
Some of the original ink drawings I drew for the Michael Jackson Opus… The drawings were created with ink and brush and are from a sketchbook, around 15 x 20 inches. I filled a few sketchbooks with rough ideas and poses of MJ in all different sizes and styles. I would just fill a thick … Continue reading
I’ve been getting a lot of emails from people wondering what the beautiful red stamps are in the corners of my ink paintings… Many of the traditional Chinese and Japanese artists would stamp their work with carved soapstone stamps in red oil based ink. When I saw this for the first time I was hooked … Continue reading
Went through a bin of older landscapes and found this painting from the early 90′s… When I started painting for my Japanese galleries, I used to paint all different subject matter and styles to try and hit on a new technique, something the Japanese people would find interesting. This landscape is from this period and … Continue reading
Here’s an old sheet of very heavy watercolor paper that I used as a pallet and tester… Many times I’ll have a blank sheet like this on top of my drawing board that I use as a pallet and to test a color before I add it to the painting. You can see all the … Continue reading
Experimenting with some new watercolor inks from China… The paper I’m using here is a heavy cotton rice paper so the water absorbs quickly not allowing too much bleed. I like to get the fuzzy bleed look with this technique so I actually soaked this portrait with color and water. The details hold up well … Continue reading
Adding a few finishing touches to a new miniature landscape for a show. This scene is a favorite subject to paint, its a marsh or pond in Japan with an ancient tree branch twisting across the water. So many incredible views like this throughout Japan, I could paint for a hundred years and never touch … Continue reading
Going through my paintings I shot a quick photo of a few signed originals. When I started back in New York I used to try and build a nice collection of autographed paintings of some of the entertainers I did work for. In Common It’s amazing when I think of all these entertainers and singers … Continue reading
Another old sketch of Michael from the late 80′s. I’m always going through many of my old time sketches and pastels I’ve collected through the years. Fun to see how the drawing style changes, the technique, and colors all change over time. This was drawn I think at the Hotel Lord Byron in Rome when … Continue reading
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