It has been a while...
Production has slowed somewhat over the past few months due to lots of family happenings. I did manage to complete two new paintings for the gallery show opening this week and a commission painting for a client.

"Welly"(short for Wellington) was a rush commission for a client. She wanted to give her daughter a surprise portrait of her new dog for a Christmas present. All I had to work from were some small phone photos that she passed on to me. With only days to spare it was finished, dried, varnished and packaged.








The two new paintings for the gallery show came from photos I shot on European vacations a couple of years ago. One of the things I particularly enjoy is watching people on the streets in cities around the world. "The Shoppers" is an example of capturing the scene as I try to imagine what the people are thinking about as they stroll along gazing into the shops and cafes.

"Light Lunch" came from a visit to a waterfront restaurant in Dubrovnik. We had stopped for lunch after a morning of touring the city. As we came to the table overlooking the boats at anchor, I knew immediately that this was a special place that I would one day try to capture on canvas.

It took a while to plan out the image as it needed to be very vertical. I ended up painting on a gallery-wrapped canvas that is twice as long as it is wide. Although you can't see it here, the image continues around the sides. This one hangs unframed so that none of the image is covered.