St. Gregory School, Tyler Texas--oil, 10x8"


While painting this building in late afternoon, the security guy came out and asked what the heck I was doing. I assured him I was merely a painter and liked the building in this light, and that I would be doing caricature drawings of the students there that evening. He said "well, ok".

Step One--oil, 18x14"

The beginning of my portrait of a Border Collie. I toned the canvas with red and yellow. I found the background in the photo kind of interesting and abstract and decided to paint it like it was, but a bit more colorful while keeping it soft-focused so as not to distract from the dog.