With my guidelines in place, it was time to lay down where my colors will go. I approached this the same way I do all of my paintings, going from dark to light, from background to foreground. For this particular … Continue reading
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Night Riding
Acrylic on 2’x4′ wood My first painting of 2012, done on the first and the second of the month. I’m personally really happy with how this turned out. Even though it’s a bigger piece with big spaces, there was a … Continue reading
Street Art Progress: Day One
I had the great fortune to be invited to do a piece for this building in Kansas City, KS. Doing a big street art piece is something I’ve been wanting to do for about a year now and I’ve been … Continue reading
Plaid
Acrylic on 14″x35″ wood It was fun mixing the earthtones of the figure with the greyscale of the plaid shirt. The idea was to make the normally muted colors pop, although it might have done the opposite due to the … Continue reading
Friend With Benefits
Acrylic on 14″x35″ wood
Katy Power and Light
Acrylic on 14″x35″ wood I did this for my totally awesome wife Katy for the holidays. Katy’s become synonymous with the city, having written about it for the Star, a travel guide for Moon Handbooks, and numerous magazines. She knows … Continue reading
Katy and Adam
Watercolor and ink on 12″x16″ watercolor paper I did this for my mother-in-law Ruth Ann. It’s of my wife Katy and my brother-in-law Adam, her two children (obviously). The first painting I did for her, by the way, was of … Continue reading
Two Pretty Girls
Watercolor and ink on 12″x16″ watercolor paper I texted each of my four siblings what they wanted me to paint for their holiday present. My 15-year-old sister Loretta asked for a painting of her and her friend. This was a … Continue reading
Where Old School Rap and Billy Ray Cyrus Meet
Ink and ink wash on 12″x16″ watercolor paper I texted each of my four siblings what they wanted me to paint for their holiday present. My brother AJ said he wanted “something to do with music.” So of course, I … Continue reading
A Lion, a Tiger, an Elephant and Anything Else I Can Draw
Watercolor and ink on 12″x16″ watercolor paper I texted each of my four siblings what they wanted me to paint for their holiday present. My sister Britney said that she wanted “a lion, a tiger, and elephant and anything else … Continue reading
Moonflower in the Moonlight
Watercolor on 12″x16″ watercolor paper I texted each of my four siblings what they wanted met to paint for their holiday present. My sister Crystal replied that she wanted a “moonflower in the moonlight.” Katy and I, of course, had … Continue reading
Tiger Hotel
This year for the holidays I decided to do paintings for everyone in my family. Since we had our first holiday get-together, I can start sharing these with the rest of y’all! This one was done for my in-laws who … Continue reading