Un cancello italiano

My Aunt Jeanne commissioned me to paint this Italian gate, which she photographed on a sunny day some time ago. This is an 14" x 11" oil painting.

Chloe!

This is an 11" x 14" oil painting from a photograph of my "little sib" - Chloe - from the Big Sib program at school, who is here with me at a picnic in the Berkshires this spring!

Grandad

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Artwork around the house

This graphite sketch of our family dog, Rosie, is hanging in our basement.This oil painting is my newest portrait, commissioned by a family friend. The oil painting was done with the help of a handful of photographs.

A chalk drawing of a sunflower!

And last but not least, here's a small oil painting of the Brandywine River, 12" x 16", a view just a few steps past Brinton's Bridge in Chadds Ford, PA.

Yet MORE from Williams

These first 3 charcoal drawings are studies of chairs from the art classroom at Williams. The exercise was a way of looking at the negative and positive spaces created by the unique shapes of the chairs. The shading of the black charcoal took many many many hours!! But the results were very cool. The last drawing in this bunch is a collection of 6 negative/positive space views of the same chair, all pieced together to make an interesting design.

The following charcoal drawing is a still-life of random objects from my dorm room and the studio art closet. Click the picture to enlarge it for a more detailed look!

The final project for Drawing 101 was to create two charcoal drawings from photographs from a magazine or newspaper that had been cut and rearranged. The first is a composite of two photographs of visitors to the Vietname Veterans' Memorial and the second is a composite of a picture of the Memorial and a snapshot of soldiers and civilians.

More from Williams and a Charcoal Childhood

The drawing above, red chalk on black paper, is an in-class sketch of Jimi, the TA for my drawing class at Williams last year.

Another of the projects for Drawing 101 was to complete a series of charcoal sketches with unique perspectives from childhood photographs. The following 6 drawings are composed of Susannah in a tu-tu, asleep on the floor (I had mild narcolepsy as a child), dancing with my cousin Christopher, awestruck by Minnie Mouse, playing with my friend Catherine, and playing in a field hockey game.

A Finished Painting

During the summer, I posted a sketch of a painting I was doing of two black labs, Sybil and Chloe. Here is a picture of the finished painting, 18" x 24", framed by the owner. Accounting for size, time, and materials, this painting was $250.

Work from Williams' Drawing 100

In the fall of 2008, I took the Drawing 101 class at Williams. The following works are primarily charcoal on rough paper.

One of our first assignments was to draw a still-life using all white objects in a series of 3 drawings, progressing from 3 to 5 values. The following drawings are the results!

And this last charcoal drawing was an exercise in looking at textures. The resultant drawing is a compilation of several natural textures, including tree bark, rock, leaves, and asphalt (okay not all completely natural). Enjoy!