Wild Horses

I just put the finishing touches on this piece today. It is an abstract expression of Wild Horses painted in acrylics on 30″x40″ stretched canvas; I could hear the thundering hooves.

Here’s the plan:

I have been inactive here on WordPress for quite a while but I am trying to get this site up to date with the abstract acrylic art that I have been creating since the beginning of 2020. The past 5 years have been a rollercoaster ride of forest fires, evacuations and extended yearly drought. Nothing

Forest 4 – 30″X40″

Hi all, I’m attempting yet another come back posting here. I’ve forgotten how again so there will be some oddness and things may seem out of sequence, please bear with me. I’ve been working on acrylic abstracts on stretched canvas since 2020…this particular one is my most recent. Once I have figured out how I

Panther

Still learning to accomplish what it is that I want to see with the Derwent Inktense water soluble pencils. This is the second go at a panther…this time with bamboo in the background and bolder color.

I’m Back

So I have been off the grid for a few years and things have changed…a lot! I have no idea where my previous “blog page” stuff has gone nor how to get it back. It could be that I pushed one too many keys in my efforts to start things up again! The new and

Nelson Mandela: a Portrait

This graphite drawing  of Nelson Mandela is another of my Humanitarian series.  His life is a testament to his inner values and ethically sensible mindset under the most ghastly living conditions. His hair kind of washed out in the scanning process.  It is on smooth Bristol using 2B,B,6H,7H,8H pencils.

Doberman

Just a little graphite drawing of a Dobie using smooth Bristol and my favorite graphite pencils…2B, B, 6H, 7H, 8H.

Mother Teresa: a Portrait

This graphite drawing is a portrait of celebration of a wonderful humanitarian.

Baby Zak

This graphite drawing is of our wonderful Standard Poodle, Zak, as a puppy.  I loved his mane of wild fly-away puppy hair and he was and still is such a pensive fellow.

Handsome Lad: Standard Poodle

This graphite drawing is of Handsome Lad a sturdy Standard Poodle.  He is a lovely fellow and so much fun to draw.  I really took my time on this one, using 2B, B, 6H, 7H, 8H  pencils on smooth Bristol paper.  I actually completed the drawing before Christmas of 2011 but misplaced it for a