almost there

Still need to do the hair/shirt and add in the part of the left arm I painted out. Click for detail.

Face is completed

I still have some work to do on shadows for depth, specifically, around the eyed, but the face is completed for the most part. Click to embiggen for detail.

Now onto the hair, shirt and background. I'll post the completed portrait sometime tomorrow. Hope everyone is having a great day. It's sunny and lovely here in Albuquerque!

hiking along the Rio Grande

It's been awhile since I posted pictures. Here are a couple from a hike my daughter and I did along the Bosque at the Rio Grande on Saturday.


These are little offshoots of the Rio Grande (above).


The Rio Grande looking rather grande.

This is where I walk 8 miles every day-the roads out in the desert behind our house.

I need to get to work now. I need to finish that portrait completely, I'll post a picture when it's all done, which it should be in one or two days.

Taking a few days off

I'm working on something that calls for my complete attention at the moment and am finding it hard to continue giving proper time to these latest two pieces. I've just decided to call it a day, step back and return to them on Monday. Hope everyone has a great weekend and that it's sunny in your little corner of the world!

Back to work

Progress pic:
A work in progress...as always. Paint, wipe off, repeat till finish. Ugh. Going for a walk.

slow day

I've completed the sky on this piece, now 2/3 of the way to go. I didn't get much sleep at all last night so I'm operating on nothing today. Trying to get moving. Hopefully I'll get some on completed on "Jake" so I can at least show some updated progress before this day is over.

Michigan Corn Field and "Jake"

Yeah, not very impressive, huh? But...it's a starting point!

Progress pic:Clouds are just squiggles at this point. Going for a walk now.

"Jake", starting point:
Progress pic: