This summer I've been spending quite a bit of time with my Dad on the golf course. While I've only improved my golf game by a small, imperceptible to all but my dad, amount, I've still gotten a lot out of being on the course. This is the latest in my series of golf course views.

This work is of hole #11; it looks short and easy but I think it's safe to say it is my arch nemesis.
I hope you are all enjoying the last days of summer! Check back in a few days to see the finished oil painting of the two black labs; it's almost finished!

The 11th Hole, 2008
Oil on canvas
12" x 16"

Something New

The sketch below is what I am working on right now. I am planning an oil painting of two black labs, one who has recently passed away. The size of the drawing is 18" x 24" and I think that will also be the size of the painting. This preliminary drawing is to send to the "client," and it's in charcoal on paper. The standing dog is Chloe and the recumbent one is Sybil!



Chloe and Sybil, 2008
Charcoal on paper study
18" x 24"

Sketchbook

I'm planning on posting several of the drawings that fill the many sketchbooks lying around. This first is a brief sketch from a picture in National Geographic. That and my Dad's Rotary magazine, which does an annual photo contest from all its humanitarian efforts around the world, are my favorite places to look for subject matter outside family photos and local landscapes. Feodor and The Boy and Goat in my first posts, under People, are full-scale oil paintings of pictures I found in Nat'l Geographic.

Wrinkles, 2005
Graphic on paper
8" x 12"

The Beginning

Well, I have finally and officially given in to my sister Libby's advice, and here is my blog! I have posted many examples of what I have done to date, but there's acutally tons more. I began drawing and painting very early in life, as evidenced by this picture (my drawing was so good it put me to sleep! - it's rumored that I might have had a touch of narcolepsy). My favorite medium is oil, because there is no limit upon what you can do with it, and it's okay if you make a mistake. Therefore, most of my finished works are in oil, though I love drawing as well. In my high school art class, I also experimented with colored pencil, charcoal, pastel, watercolor, and guache, which is a technique with acrylic paint where you paint in large shapes graduated in value to portray 3D forms. Actually, one of my very first finished paintings was this work in acrylic paint on watercolor paper below; I saw a scene of these sailboats on a plastic placemat during one of the annual yard sales we put on in Ocean City, New Jersey. 50 cents poorer, I took the placemat home and painted the scene myself! It was my very first, big, framed painting, and now it hangs in my room. Anyway, I plan on posting daily, so visit again sometime soon!

People

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1. Feodor, 2005, Oil on canvas
   16" x 20"
2. Self-Portrait: Blue and Pink, 2006
   Conte crayon on paper
   16" x 20"
3. Boy and Goat, 2006
   Oil on canvas
   18" x 24"
4. Grandad, 2008
   Oil on canvas
   5" x 7"
5. The Boxer, 2005
   Oil on canvas
   18" x 20"
6. The Little Sisters, 2003
   Pastel on paper
   16" x 20"

Landscapes

1. Fairview Lake, 2004
   Oil on canvas
   8" x 10"
2. Shoreline, 2006
   Watercolor on paper
   7" x 10"
3. Bidermann: Hole #15
   Oil on canvas
   10" x 12"
4. Bidermann: Looking Back, #15
   Oil on canvas
   16" x 20"
5. Bidermann: Hole #10
   Oil on canvas
   12" x 16"

Animals

1. The Monkeys, 2006, Oil on canvas
   20" x 20"
2. The Goldens, 2006
   Oil on canvas
   16" x 20"
3. King of the Jungle, 2006
   Watercolor on paper
   7" x 10"
4. Honey, 2003
   Prismacolor pencil on paper
   16" x 20"

Miscellaneous

Shape vs. Form, 2002
Graphite on paper
16" x 20"













Beating Eggs, 2003
Charcoal on paper
12" x 18"

Welcome!

Hi! I'm a Pennsylvania resident and a rising sophomore at Williams College. Art is my passion while medicine is my dream, so I take any free time between class to draw and paint! I paint primarily from photographs and magazines and I get inspiration from anywhere - though our pet animals and views of the local golf course, Bidermann, are my favorite subjects.
Feel free to browse the artwork, and if you're interested in commissioning your own original piece of your pets, your family, your favorite landscape...anything! than e-mail me at ste1@williams.edu.