Life Study: Grey Whale

I spent a couple days painting a grey whale. I got some help from my studio-mates for the wave. Waves are surprisingly hard to paint on dry acrylic. I fortunately remembered to take progress photos for this work. This painting is inspired from a photo that I found on Google some time ago. If I

Coffee & Donuts: Part 4

I am half way through my planned series of donut paintings. I recently learned that brown is merely a shade of orange, and that upset me. My internalized outrage inspired this monochromatic work, Brown Sugar. The entire painting is simply some burnt umber and titanium white.

Coffee & Donuts: Part 3

Finished the 3rd installment in this series of donut-centric painting. I went with an old fashioned donut because of its interesting shape. No coffee in this work, because I wanted to focus on the plate. There we several instances where more near-sighted members of my studio mistook the unfinished canvas as a real plate, which

Ukrainian Easter Eggs

May second marked the 2021 Orthodox Easter. To celebrate the occasion my household decided to make some traditional eggs. The process is time consuming but the results are lovely. After boiling some eggs, we selected our dyes. The dyes we used were Yellow, Turquoise, Dark Green, Red, and Brick. Preparing the dyes involved mixing boiling

Donuts and Coffee: Part 2

Rain is finally gone where I live so I was able to move my studio space outside. I was able to finish my second piece in this series. The background and the table were interesting to do this time because I got to play with a palette knife. I did not want any brush strokes

Donuts and Coffee

Over a year into this pandemic, and I long for the simpler comforts of 2019. Most Saturdays in the brief period between when I joined the work force as a degree holder and the pandemic, I could be found in a coffee shop. There at my usual corner table, next to the hipster paintings and

Blue Jay Snack: A study of shadows through a tree frog

The best part of art is when you are done with a study you still have something beautiful. Instead of a pile of notes at the end of study session, I have a painting of a tree frog. The title of the painting is due to the pigeons in my neighborhood. These birds are regularly

I like my new hat!

I saw a picture on Imgur or Reddit or somewhere of a little yellow duckling with a flower for a hat. My heart could not handle the joy so I took to canvas and started to recreate the image. The beloved duck looks a little more like a chick, but I feel like I adequately

The Hubris of the Blackened Canvas

I painted today. My goal was to paint on the prompt “Redwood”. I did not have any fresh canvas and with the pandemic, and I am not going to the art supply store as often. My solution, in lieu of waiting, was to take a painting from the reject pile, and paint it black. (Cue

Sunset Paintings (2020 Series)

I made several acrylic paintings as gifts for friends and family. They have all received their painting so now I can share it to the world.