"Team Work" Group Show

Here I am with my painting "Le Cherubin Reverie" opening night of the group show "Team Work" in the Allan Nederpelt Gallery in Brooklyn.

detail of the face

There was a great turnout.

Francis, an aerialist put on a stunning performance dressed as a lobster.

Me with Eva, the curator of the show.

New Drawing

July 2010

"Olive" oil on canvas 24 x 30"

detail

Jonah

Children's Oil Portraits

detail

Eldon
9 x 12" oil

I love the way the red in his shirt reflected back up into his cheeks.


Here is first the under painting and then the finished piece.




Levi II
9 x 12" oil




Cache
18 x 24" oil

11 x 14" oil

Melissa




A New Underpainting




Cayden
18 x 24" oil



Miles
11 x 14" oil

Emma

11 x 14" oil

Luke in progress

Luke
11 x 14" oil

Levi
11 x 14" oil

Nupastel Sketches

Melissa
18 x 24"
pastel

Addy
18 x 24" pastel

Christian and Andrew
18 x 24" pastel

Andrew
12 x 16" pastel

Christian
12 x 16" pastel

The Egberts

16 x 20" pastel

Emma

18 x 24" pastel

Cowboy
18 x 24" pastel

I got the chance to visit the Bodies Exhibit after hours and draw from this real human skeleton.

Levi

My husband David was kind enough to pose for me while listening to "Ender's Game" on tape for this two-hour study.

"I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands"
22 x 30" pastel

"Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God"
22 x 30" pastel




"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth"
22 x 30" pastel

This was a 20 minute pose in Richard Hull's figure drawing class. I really liked how the edges turned out.

Here is a drawing by David Kassan of me. Using a product called Pan Pastels, he drew me for a demonstration at the 2010 Portrait Society of America Conference in Washington DC.