K, y’all know me to be pretty politically opinionated, but heads up to my Twitter friends & followers - I will be sharing some of my paintings to this thread 

because I’d like to connect with other artists.
1/ #oilpainting #portraiture #SaturdayThoughts #SaturdayMotivation
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While trying to find meaning in a sea of commercialization, I painted my reproduction of Morgan Weistling’s Kissing the Face of God during the Christmas holidays. I wanted to paint what the holidays meant to me - LOVE. It was a deeply humbling & spiritual experience.
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Because I paint a lot of classical, sometimes I need to let loose & have some fun. That’s when I paint in a looser style - allaprima (all in one sitting) - much more impressionistic. Watching You watching Me was donated to the
#SPCA for fundraising.#oilpainting#petportraitpic.twitter.com/gJwuIqqLRO
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Sometimes I just wanna throw paint at a canvas because I’m captivated by something specifically - like an expression, or a look in their eyes Yeux Bleaus is an example of that - painted alla prima again within a few hours - just slap that paint on there - and focus on one thing.pic.twitter.com/bnk820nueq
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Many of my paintings have a dream like quality...my signature style, you could say... Like some blurry vision in my head that I put down in paint to share my feelings - to evoke an emotional response from the viewer, and touch them on that level. For Mum is a prime example...pic.twitter.com/0ckU41DIsj
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It’s a joke/argument among artists that classical painters are anal compared to impressionists.
I’ll admit to becoming pretty fixated on fine tuning my ‘dreamlike vision’ more than once.
Like my son’s #baseball! After The Game sold at auction to some baseball collector.pic.twitter.com/SnrZdd79A1
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And then again, sometimes I paint for personal reasons - like for healing. Dead Mom Walking is a still life study that served no purpose whatsoever other than to explore my own emotions & express them - in this case - pain, trauma & grief. The caption to this study, next tweetpic.twitter.com/pR6LWFd0Ab
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Love painting dogs! They’re my subject of choice when I just wanna have fun - because fur is TONS of fun to paint! My pomapoo gets painted on the regular - in a variety of styles - this one is alla prima, really loose & impressionistic but soft & dream like.
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Portraits come in an array of styles, to emit a old world feel with a more classical pose - like this one - opposed to a modern glamour shot style portrait. I painted this girl - Girl With Pearl - in old world chiarascuro, like my version of a modern day Girl With Pearl Earring.pic.twitter.com/yRbIaE4Ksg
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This is a loose, modern approach to a portrait - a glamour style portrait that the younger generation seems to lean towards. This young woman has a look that could stop a train - so had to paint her in all her feminist glory!pic.twitter.com/ATgCcwBuXc
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Then there are these super fun portraits to do - to capture the personality of the subject... Men are fun, they have fur on their faces a lot of times...
This friend of mine is 6ft4 & has so much character to capitalize on, I couldn’t NOT paint him!pic.twitter.com/wAAev3UFOo
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This friend of mine, a musician in that same fun style. He is always striking the most amusing poses, and I was lucky enough to snap a photo for reference of him hugging his guitar. I gift people their paintings when I choose to paint them - I don’t take commissions.pic.twitter.com/B5BA4GeuZG
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Sometimes I zoooom in and paint an alla prima (all in one sitting) portrait - keeping it loose, but retain a softness... It’s all about lost edges - a key to keeping things soft & dreamy... Like this little cutie!
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This little sweetheart was 9 yrs old in the photo I used for reference. Those eyes - the innocence - her quiet playfullness - with a touch of shy - melted my heart. Has an old world feeling due to my choice of palette, but still modern enough to appeal to her liking.pic.twitter.com/RBNohqZTJD
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I see beauty in most things. At 16, my daughter was diagnosed with some very serious life threatening health conditions. Awash with emotions, she had many dark days - but accepted her circumstance & embraced her future head on - with grace & beauty. Had to paint that!
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Kids & pets - what’s not to love?
Saw this random photo, wanted a painting of it in my home...
Just Like You just makes people feel good - and I love feel good paintingspic.twitter.com/xV4QXSOg37
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Like how do I not paint some things? Like this pup, done alla prima but feels like a dream pup...
Gave this to an expectant young mother for her nursery...pic.twitter.com/aIKCIgDJCj
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The Late Great is my collie who passed on a few years back & deserved a place of honour on my walls.
The joy & comfort her soft & gentle soul brought to me & my children commemorated in oils.
Both my kids argue regularly who gets what painting - this is one of them. 

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A random photo I stumbled over, fell in love with the story it told ...
Your Wish Is My Command was painted as a study - meaning to explore, learn, tackle something I want to learn as a painter. (It was the carpet)
It still hangs in my hallway - kids got dibs on that one...pic.twitter.com/X5AV9VatCt
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Some random photo, don’t know the dog or owner. Beagle Boy went to auction to help raise money for
#spcapic.twitter.com/EW69mKmkoV
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Waiting For Work - went to
#spca Got my heart though because these dogs lay in wait to work - tells a story I like AND that paw...I just wanted to paint his stupid paw...
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The Shepherd went to
#spca fundraiser auction event as well... This is another study - He got my attention because the whole damn thing is brown.
And, I liked the blanket.
I’ll take the challenge to work with a lot of earth tones, keep my colours clean & values spot on.
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Chow chow hit the auction block to raise funds for the
#spca as well... Working with whites as an artist is a bitch! It’s about value, temperature, reflections - extremely valuable practice in portraiture. If you say something is white to an artist, they’re like wtf is white
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Anyone read the book called Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls?
If you did, you’ll remember Little Anne...
If you haven’t, may I suggest a warm blanket & box of Kleenex?
A story you’ll never forget.
Little Anne will always stay with me.
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Gizmo is a professional photographer’s dog, that I painted using her photograph for reference. I approached her, got her permission to paint Gizmo as a collaborative effort to raise money for the
#spca Again, look at the FUR, that’s fun stuff to paint - I smile the entire time!pic.twitter.com/UiutMr8liU
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This is my partial reproduction of Bougeureau’s Cupidon. It’s incredibly humbling to attempt any reproduction of any of The Master’s works, but Bougeureau?
But I
him
So many subtle value, hue, temperature changes and lost edges everywhere. Mostly brown & white...

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After painting with a limited palette, like Cupidon above - I feel starved of colour. So I move to something like this. This is my reproduction of Il Bacio by Hayez, but often referred to in English as, The Kiss. The reproductions I’ve painted because they are my fav’s.
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Classicals like Hayes’ Il Bacio are intense to paint.
After something like that, I wanna paint something really loose & free - impressionistic - like these sheep, with a really thick & juicy paint application called impasto.
Need to loosen up after all that anality. 
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This is a pretty big piece - 24 x 36. I actually cannot stand this painting
Painted it because I wanted to paint the sequins on her dress! Thick and juicy sequins!
Btw, this girl is the same as the classical painting of her I did called Girl With Pearl
way back up there.pic.twitter.com/V0rArB8VE6
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How many ways can I drive myself crazy in the studio? Hmmmm...
Why don’t you paint a portrait using mostly greens and see if anyone notices?
Okay - gotta try that!
I said I was an artist - never said I was sane! 
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