Gold & Black
Practicing with new Gold ink from Japan. I love the combination of using black sumi and gold. The simplicity is what I enjoy most painting in this style. You have to be careful not to use the gold too strongly, it tends to cheapen the painting. I try to cut the gold with black to bring the shine down, to [...]
Landscape Color Study
Watercolor and ink on paper, fast color study of water and trees. Ink base with thick highlights.
Mountain View
Ink washes on Chinese paper, 2021. Some flecks of white for highlights along with pure black ink stick gives me the clean bold areas I strive for. Less detail is what I'm after always trying to maintain the essence and quality of paint in a work of art. Details never enter my mind when painting, for me its about the [...]
Amanda Gorman
Portrait for poet Amanda Gorman. Acrylic on stretched canvas, 22 x 28 inches. Illustrating the florals in bloom and the new dawn sunset. 'The new dawn blooms as we free it. For there is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it, if only we are brave enough to be it.'
Sketching In Venice
Watercolor study of still Gondolas, early morning. 16x20 inches, watercolor on paper.
Bob Dylan Litho
Sole impression from a single plate, litho ink on paper, 11 x 14 inches.