Saturday 24th May 2008 - Chrissie

I really enjoyed doing this painting! Chrissie has lovely colours in her skin and it was enjoyable to capture them. I don't normally bther with patterns or details on clothing, but I enjoyed putting in the embroidery on her blouse and I think it looks quite effective.

At the end, a fellow painter and I were saying how angelic she looked so I implied a halo with my fingernail to highlight that mood.

Angelic - 16 x 12" - oil on canvas - $575

Monday 24th March 2008 - quick painting

A new painting group, this time in my own studio space. Michelle Chrisman is organising this quick painting group for every 2 weeks. We did 4 x 20 minute poses and then an hour long pose to finish.

It is a really intense way to paint and I felt like i had run a marathon by the end of it. Michelle studied this technique with Kim English and says it's a great way to improve really quickly.

4 x 20 min poses - oil on canvas - 10 x 8 - make me an offer if you're interested

1 x 1 hour pose - oil on canvas - 16 x 12" - make me an offer if you're interested.

Saturday 26th January 2008 - Orlando

Orlando is quite the character. Very tall and thin with long dark hair, he is quite striking looking. He is a jewellery designer and craftsman and wears very large pieces that he has made. he wore a purple and lime green velvet costume like a juggler's outfit and picked out turquoise jewellery pieces from a collection he brought with him to go with it. He was delightful to paint.

Orlando - oil on canvas - 16 x 12" - $575

Saturday 10th November 2007 - Cory

The regular Saturday painting session of the Taos Society of Portrait Artists and this week the model was Cory. The weather was not as fine as it has been recently and the room was fuller than it had been for a while.
I enjoyed painting this young man, he had a serious stillness about him as he was posing that completely transformed when he smiled at break time.
Cory - 14x11" - oil on canvas - $475

Saturday 3rd November - Gina

At the Portrait Society's regular Saturday meeting, this week the model was Gina. She was an excellent model, stayed very still and managed to hold a natural smile for the whole time - which is no small accomplishment!
Gina - oil on canvas - 16 x 12" - $575

Saturday 20th October 2007 - Rosa

Rosa is the 11 year old (nearly 12) daughter of my good friend Jayne. They had come to watch the Portrait Society Saturday painting session a few times when we were out in public places, like the Fechin Museum. Rosa decided she would like to model and could definitely spend the $45 modelling fee. Nancy, who runs the group was not sure that Rosa was serious about modelling and put her off a few times but Rosa was quite determined.
She was an excellent model and stayed very still for us. After the first 20 minute session she took a break and looked at all the paintings. I asked her what colour background I should put in and she suggested the sky and mountains. I painted in an approximation of Taos Mountain with El Salto to the left and sagebrush in the mid-ground and I think it works pretty well.
Rosa - oil on canvas - 11 x 14" not for sale.