Month: March 2012

  • Hairdresser on Fire

    Hairdresser on Fire

    I thought it would be fun to reveal the two characters in my new painting with before and after shots – to show how my painting progressed. A few blog posts back, I already showed the face of a lion as the masked man in this painting from my Of Myth and Men series. So here…

  • She Will Be The Death of You

    She Will Be The Death of You

    I’m going to do a bit of a slow reveal with this painting. I think it’s finished. Here’s a little bit to tide you over until I have some more photos to show. The title of this post is a hint too…

  • Light My Fire

    My painting is still very much a work-in-progress, but maybe just one more day of painting to go. I liked this cropped image so much though that I had to share. More to come very soon!

  • In Good Company

    In Good Company

    I received an e-mail a couple of weeks ago from the Kingston Prize organizers that on a trip made to Australia last fall, they had gone to visit the National Portrait Gallery of Australia and suggested that they feature the Kingston Prize in their quarterly journal, Portrait.  The gallery happily agreed to share the information…

  • Anthesis

    Here’s a little preview of what I’m working on these days. I’m continuing with the new painting in my Of Myth and Men series, and I’ve gotten to the part that I have the most love/hate relationship with – painting the flowers/patterns. I love working with the details of the flat floral patterns, but whenever…