This is a portrait of a guy named Squee. At least, that’s the name he gave me. Usually I see him in a crowd and very active, but just this once he sat quiet and watched me as I worked.
Posted by: soulonfireart | December 11, 2016
Portrait
Posted by: soulonfireart | November 14, 2016
Holiday Show
I have some small pictures in the Gage Holiday Show of small works. As do many talented artists. So if you would like to buy very reasonably priced art this season, come check us out!
Posted in art, painting, pastel, pencil, Uncategorized | Tags: art, drawings, illustration, shows, trees
Posted by: soulonfireart | October 8, 2016
Another Drawing
A drawing done as a test of a particular paper. Think I’ll use it more! There’s something very pleasant in using something as minimal as a single pencil to get a drawing that works.
Posted in art, painting, Uncategorized | Tags: art, drawings, graphite, illustration, monochrome, portrait
Posted by: soulonfireart | September 20, 2016
Warrior Saint
There are many statues on the streets of Paris, and I was particularly struck by this one. So I painted a part of it. The saint was slaying a demon/dragon, but I really was interested in the stance so that’s what I worked on.
Posted in art, painting, Uncategorized | Tags: art, monochrome, oils, painting, Paris, portrait, Saint
Posted by: soulonfireart | September 16, 2016
What?
This particular girl reminded me of that old Toblerone ad.
Posted in art, Uncategorized | Tags: art, monochrome, oils, painting, portrait
Posted by: soulonfireart | August 29, 2016
Tom
Here is a drawing done in a workshop last week at Gage (thanks Michael Grimaldi).
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Ab Somnia Mali
(according to my Latin Translator)
It has been a wild summer: moved my studio, finished up a 7 month course of study, had a small show. When I surfaced, I discovered that this person had kind of hijacked America. I felt a bit like I had fallen down the rabbit hole. This drawing was my response.
Posted in art, pencil, Uncategorized | Tags: art, b+w, black and white, drawing, graphite, illustration, monochrome, portrait
Posted by: soulonfireart | May 5, 2016
and now for something completely different….
I have been walking a great deal, and have come to know a lot of city trees. I rather like them, and decided to make some portraits. I have made drawings, small ones, using walnut ink that I made myself. The drawing instruments include pencil, Asian brush, hand cut quills, and early 20th century steel nibs. Then I made initial drawings, scanned and printed, and then took the initial drawings forward a stage, repeated the procedure. Currently, a few of them have made it to a third stage. Here is one example.
Posted in art, Uncategorized | Tags: drawing, illustration, ink, monochrome, pen and ink, trees
Posted by: soulonfireart | April 19, 2016
flowerseller
this is a portrait of a guy who makes and sells flowers – silk, tissue, paper, ribbons…… this work is in a show currently at Gage’s Steele Gallery.
Posted in art, pencil, Uncategorized | Tags: art, b+w, black and white, drawing, graphite, portrait
Posted by: soulonfireart | April 13, 2016
Jerusalem
Finally got a decent photo of this painting. (Thanks, Klara). It was intended as a study, but I rather like the sketchy finish and may leave it at this. The title is a reference to William Blake’s poem, and if you look carefully there is a quotation at the bottom of the image.
Posted in art, Uncategorized | Tags: art, illustration, Jerusalem, oils, painting
