Scuba Portrait- Bonaire Series

This is part of my new series of paintings about Bonaire, Netherland Antilles. As I stated in one of my previous posts, Bonaire is known for its unparalleled reef system. So I thought it only fit to paint a scuba diver.


During open water scuba certification, one of the things you learn is that as you descend, the visible color spectrum is filtered out. First, red is lost, then orange, and so on as you go deeper. The final color to disappear before total darkness is blue. I tried to portray this color sense using a very limited palette. While preparing my paint, I mixed blue with every color I mixed- a very hard thing for me as I usually mix a wide range of color when painting portraits.

This scuba portrait is 16x20, painted with oil.

Regatta- Lake Townsend Series

16x20

Oil on Canvas

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This is part of a series of paintings from Lake Townsend, North Carolina. I started this painting after I was asked to create the 2010 Mayor's Cup Regatta t-shirt design for the Lake Townsend Yacht Club. I was hoping that it would help me to generate ideas for the design and get me back into the spirit of sailing.

Painted from a photograph, I used a lot of red in the under-painting and decided to keep some of that in the shadows for the water.

Orange Boat- Bonaire Series

This is my newest creation... an 11x14 oil painting depicting an orange boat in front of the beautiful calm waters surrounding Bonaire, Netherland Antilles. This is part of a series of paintings that I am working on from my visit last year to the small island off the coast of Venezuela. Bonaire is known for its tranquil waters and abundant underwater life.

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German Shepherd

9x12

Pastel on Paper

Horse Sketch

9x12

Mixed Media on Paper

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Tanner

This is an 11x14 oil painting of my nephew, Tanner when he was about 2 years old. Considering most of my subjects are adult females, I found this painting to be a little more challenging than usual. As you know, a child's facial structure and proportions are vastly different than that of an adults. As a general rule, children's eyes and foreheads are much larger than their grown counter-parts. Also, children lack distinct skeletal structure and muscle tone, resulting in an overall rounder, softer face. The image on the right was my first attempt at this painting. Needless to say, I was not satisfied with the way the proportions looked. With a little reworking like widening the eyes, heightening the forehead and softening the harsh brushwork on the cheeks, I think the outcome is much more agreeable.

Regina and Matt

One of my greatest loves as an artist is portrait painting. I find it both challenging and immensely rewarding to try and capture my subjects "spirit" and likeness. I can hardly believe that after the hundreds of paintings and drawings that I have completed over the years, this is my first oil painting with multiple people as the subject!

Regina & Matt

16x20

Oil on Canvas

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