Eucalyptus Study

A recent plein air painting I did on a farm. I've never really painted a eucalyptus before, and it was a lot of fun to play with the warm/cool idea of color.

9 x 12
oil

Harbor

A plein air painting I did a few years ago with my friend Victoria Brooks up in Oregon.

Patris Studio and Art Gallery : Paint and Sip this Friday night--get your tickets ...

The cool thing about our Paint and Sip events at my studio is that we are introducing art to a whole lot of people who would never dream of picking up a brush and try making a painting.  Somehow Paint and Sip erases a lot of the fear and intimidation a lot of people feel when it comes to art. 



Patris Studio and Art Gallery : Paint and Sip this Friday night--get your tickets ...: Get your tickets on line and join in the creative fun!  Purchase tickets here at paintandsip.blogspot.com

Wednesday Plein Air in Oak Park

Here's my plein air painting from Wednesday Urban Landscape Painting Club from a while back.  I'm really loving painting the alley scenes here in Oak Park. 

Wednesday Urban Landscape Painting Club doing some plein air here in Oak Park a couple of weeks ago before the much needed rain began. Hoping to get back out here this coming Wednesday.  

Patris Studio and Art Gallery : Announcing: Kids Drawing Class for 9–12 year olds

Patris Studio and Art Gallery : Announcing: Kids Drawing Class for 9–12 year olds: Kids Drawing Classes click here to download flier Ages : recommended for 9 – 12 year olds When: Wednesdays 4 pm – 4:55 pm Where: Patr...

Portrait Drawings from our Friday open studio sessions.

3-hour portrait study from today's open studio session at my studio from 10 am  - 1 pm every Friday .

Here's another 3-hour study I did using conte on grey paper from last Friday's open studio session.

Cathedral Statue

Working on the idea of the "Brown School" indoor painting style. Still trying to learning about what that means and chomping at the bit to try another one.