TODAY'S FEATURED POST
Carnage on the Strip
Here' a fun private commission I recently finished for a client. I was asked to show Carnage and Deadpool fighting on the Las Vegas Strip, with sports cars and glitz. The whole idea seemed aptly over-the-top for Deadpool, so I tried to treat the composition the same way, and pack as much narrative as I could in there. Maybe even break the 'fourth wall'. The background looking like a comic book page is meant as…
YESTERDAY’S POST
favorite subjects
January 9, 2025 - Happy 2025! Here are some paintings I started over Christmas week of my four kids. i hadn’t painted them in a while, and Im trying to get a round of them out at least evert couple years to document their progress. Even though it is not easy, they are def my favorite things to paint. It's a fun challenge because i know their little faces so well. Two of them are 18x18 inches, and two 12x12 inches, oil on gessoed panel. started these all the same way with a contour pencil sketch focusing on proportions. I used a grid primarily to make sure they were centered/sized correctly. i've gotten sort of picky about how large I like to paint portraits. like 2/3 to just under life size is preferable for some reason. from there…
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In The Wild
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