2ND AVENUE EAST 6TH STREET

 11 1/2" x 8 1/2"  ink and brush in Canson Sketchbook

Since I seem to be using a lot of ink this October I thought I'd touch up and finish this unfinished piece.  How do I know when a piece is finished? It stops being a pain in the butt.

THE CATCH

11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Faber-Castel brush pens in Moleskine sketchbook
It's that time again in baseball. Great plays seem to manifest during autumn. I only know about this catch made by Willie Mays from the video, but what a play!
"In the eighth inning of Game 1, with the score tied 2-2 and two runners on base, Indians first baseman Vic Wertz hit a fly ball 440 feet deep into center field. Mays turned, ran and then caught the ball over his shoulder with his back to the infield, before spinning and firing the ball back into the infield to keep the runners from advancing. The catch preserved the tie, and the Giants won the game on a home run by Dusty Rhodes in the 10th inning. When he was asked later about the catch, Mays famously replied, “I don’t rank ‘em, I just catch ‘em.” The Giants went on to sweep the 1954 World Series." - from the History channel

RED HAIR

18" x 24" Oil on canvas
“Her heavy peasant face was fringed by a bang of red hair like a woolen table-spread, a color at once strange and attractive, an obstinate color, a color that seemed to make Lena feel something alien and bad-tempered had settled over her forehead...”
― Djuna Barnes

SEEKER OF VISIONS

24" x 24" Acrylic on hardboard
August 1992 Private Collection

PORTRAIT OF WOMAN

 10" x 8 " Pencil on paper

DAD

18" x 24" Acrylic on canvas

Another portrait of my father in law from the early 1990's.

BOOTS

11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Fude brush, Faber-Castell big brush pens and china marker in Moleskine sketchbook

STUDY OF FREUD'S IRISHMAN

18" x 24"  Oil on canvas

PORTRAIT OF LUCIEN FREUD

18"x 24"oil on canvas

PORTRAIT OF SARAH BAKER

16" x 20"  Acrylic on canvass

EXPRESSIVE FIGURE STUDY

Studying with Bill Buchman. 11" x 14" Fude brush and watercolor in Strathmore sketchbook

LIVE MODEL FIGURE STUDY

                       19" x 25" Charcoal on paper

ART

ART  18" x 24"  Charcoal on paper

I've been going through some of my old drawings and paintings and came across this one of my father in law Art.  He is 84 years young and still going strong.  Those of you who know him know what I'm saying. The doctor just shakes his head in amazement when Art complains that he's getting old because he can't go full speed anymore, or "busheling", as he calls it.  I did this drawing back in the '90's and I think he still looks the same.

LIVE MODEL 1994

19"x 25" Pastel on paper.
More of the old work from our figure drawing group in North Bend, Oregon.

PORTRAIT OF LARRY WATSON

19" x 25" Charcoal on Strathmore paper
More early work from a live model session in 1994. Larry is an artist and was also the Director of the Coos Art Museum in Coos Bay, Oregon.

FIGURE DRAWING

19" x 25"  Charcoal on Strathmore paper

Early work from 1992 done at Peggy Oneal's studio in North Bend Oregon.  A group of us would meet once a week at Peggy's studio, chip in ten bucks for a model and really learn how to see and draw.

PORTRAIT OF DAVID HOCKNEY

18"x 24" Acrylic on canvass

Inspired by artist Linda Tennant I've decided to post some of my earlier work even though it may be chock full of honest mistakes.

BOBBY FISCHER GENIUS OR MADMAN?

24" x 36" Mixed media on Strathmore Bristol paper

WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK

14" x 17" Ink and brush on Canson Bristol paper
" The scene at the outdoor chess tables in Washington Square Park was a melange of urban vitality and color. In contrast to the subdued, almost meditative pairings at the Brooklyn Chess Club, the park's contests were waged by a fast talking and disparate group of chess hustlers, Village bohemians, and tournament strength players who enjoyed competing in the open air, sometimes from sunup to sundown. Intriguingly, the chess tables crossed class barriers: One might find Wall Street bankers playing against homeless men from Skid Row, or Ivy Leaguers facing down high school dropouts. As for the park itself, it was an American version of a Middle Eastern bazaar, with folk singers, storytellers, beggars, political dissidents, soapbox orators, and even the occasional snake charmer. The "anything goes" atmosphere encouraged audacity and inventiveness." - ENDGAME by Dr. Frank Brady

I WANT A LAWYER

18" x 24" Acrylic, India ink, Fude brush and Faber-Castell big brush pens on Canson Bristol