Recent Bird Paintings

Common Yellowthroat - 2009 - oil on panel

Blue Jay - 2008 - oil on panel

Onions 2008

I hadn't ever thought much about onions being interesting until trying to paint one. The depth of color resulting from light shining on the translucent layers of skin provide many possible interpretations.

The painting with the tomato can was started over 10 years ago at Chris Pugliese's old studio. I pulled it off of the shelf primarily as an excuse to paint the contrasting letters and shapes on the white can. It took me half a day to locate the same can of tomatos. I found the can at the same vegetable stand that I purchased the original 10 years ago - probably should have checked there first...

Some old stuff...

These were painted before I had a day job. I rarely got out of bed before 8:00 am back then. Those were the days!