Buffalo woman, tackling the smaller scale figure...

Because I have favoured painting large scale faces up to now, gaining freedom in the painting of smaller scale figures has been a challenge...

This 28" X 28" painting points to possibilities using loose brush strokes driven by less attachment to a realistic rendering...

After two and a half years of live model drawing, I would like to go with pure imagination rather than relying on reference materials, i.e., photos or drawings. Imagination is stronger than reality!

Experimenting with paint: "California sunrise"!

In the midst of my current series I decided to interject with an experiment on paint application...

In the recent past, I have been interested in  the creation of images on different supports, in a way focusing less on paint application and brush stroke effects. Surrounded by abstract artists, it's tempting to explore a "paint for the sake of paint" kind of approach. Balancing abstraction and figuration is definitely a key objective in 2016.

Completing a couple of painting projects... "At your own risk" and "Messenger"...

I spent the month of January working at the completion of two paintings for my series on Native women...

After somewhat exploring the disappearing image, I decided to inject more punch by exploiting the image of a weerwolf...

Note: I'm satisfied with my exploration of new painting surfaces (integrating raw canvas, mylar, Chinese rice paper and wire screening) using acrylics and charcoal... but the urge to depart dramatically from quasi photographic renditions is getting stronger. I think it's time to go for more freedom... more abstraction in my figuration...