Orange and Apple

Both quick still life studies from my pantry series. I donated both pieces to the Joseph Sams School's 24th Annual Dinner, Dance and Auction to help raise funds to better serve children with special needs in the Fayetteville county area.

Tomato So Juicy

Publix has huge tomato plants on display in front of the store already. My freckles are multiplying by the minute and the mighty southern sun has already branded my pale naive limbs with all the seduction and  swagger of Tennessee Williams. I can't wait for summer!

Wild Strawberry

Strawberries, it turns out, are a hoot to paint. Smushing the thick paint down to recreate the juicy red flesh was pretty fun.

Finger Foods

While continuing my quick still life studies, no more than a handful of hours spent on each, I decided to extend my subject matter to the kitchen pantry. Grape Tomatoes & Olive are both a wee 4 by 4 inches.

Southern Snow

Snow in the South is wonderful. It has a kind of magic and mystery that it has nowhere else. And the reason for this is that it comes to people in the South not as the grim, unyielding tenant of Winter's keep, but as a strange and wild visitor from the secret North. - that's a poem, sillies.

Having moved from New York to Georgia at the onset of winter I witnessed snow's magic first hand. Georgia was wrapped up in a slushy blanket of snow and sleet that hushed the fiery state with oohs and awws of child like amazement. It also allowed me ample time to paint.

The J. Peterman Look

I recently applied for an illustration gig with The J. Peterman Company. Yep thats right, the catalog. Cause I'm classy. This led to an interesting discovery. I only paint clothing when it's on people and even then I prefer to paint nudes. So I sat down for a couple hours and did that which had not been done before. I painted random articles of clothing.

Pet Health Food Concepts

Here are a couple of rough concept images for a local pet health food shop window display.