I often ask my students what subject matter they would like to paint and living in Rhode Island, of course … More
Category: Acrylic painting
The Sunniest of Flowers
In my acrylic painting class, I created a lesson on how to paint a sunflower. I had two focuses. The … More
Painting Houses
I had a request to paint buildings in my acrylic painting class so I decided to choose a photo of … More
Little Paintings
In between larger works, I’ve been working on these smaller pieces. They are roughly between 8×10 – 11×14. They allow … More
My new painting called “Close to Home”
Let me show the progression of this painting before I start talking about it. I have this terrible affliction called … More
I’m walking Away
I’m at that point. The point of giving up. I’ve been incredibly frustrated lately. Mainly, the ideas in my head … More
Losing My Religion
Here’s a painting that evolved from random abstract mark-making. Somewhere within the chaos I saw a church and from there, … More
Feeling the Blues
Not feeling like I have any control over the subject matter, composition or colors, but I’ll show you how I … More
Little Field Study
So let me quickly explain what “mixed media” means to those of you non-painters. When it comes to art galleries, … More
Mixed Media Painting
I’m going to begin to show some of my mixed media experiments. My thought is to skip the critique because … More