Melencolia 11x14 Acrylic

This painting was kind of a battle in the making. So many angles in the face. It is a portrait of Mary Astor, a silent film star. I was after this intense sadness in her eyes. I think we have all experienced this sadness at one time or another.

Ziegfeld Girl No.2 Acrylic 11x14

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This is second in a series. I plan on doing more in this series from old photographs. As hard as I tried, I just couldn't get a photo of the painting that looks as good as the original painting on this one, but if you click on the picture, that helps.

Ziegfeld Girl No.1 Acrylic 11x14

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I love portraits. The landscape of the face fascinates me. Here is a woman whose only history I know is a photograph, but she lived, grew up, loved and had all the heartaches we all experience. I wonder what her life was like. I wonder how she died.

Charity Cat 5x7 Watercolor

It's Charity's world and I'm just living in it. When she gets this wild look in her eyes, I know she's going to be in my lap in a second. And it doesn't matter what I have on my lap at the time, even a palatte full of paint won't stop her. Then it's off to the bathtub to wash paint off her paws. She just loves that. I have the scars to prove it.

This is watercolor on bristol board. I couldn't resist the way the camera distorted everything when I took the picture looking straight down on Charity, so I decided to exploit it. There are water bottles and paintings in the room I use as a studio.

Lincoln 5x8 Charcoal

I love Lincoln. Not the Lincoln on the penny and the five dollar bill, but Lincoln the human being. In a life time full of suffering, he had the sense of humor to laugh whenever he could, often at himself. When you look up 'life ain't fair' in the dictionary. that's where Lincoln's picture ought to be.

Girl With Camera 9x12 Acrylic

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I like these monotone paintings. They remind me of some of the illustrations inside the Saturday Evening Post and other magazines. Sometimes monotone drawings and paintings appeared to illustrate stories in place of full color illustrations. I always thought they held a certain charm. Available on Etsy. Just click on My ETSY Store in right column.