Category: Painting

  • Aleah (Stranger #5)

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    Aleah (Stranger #5) 11”x14″ Acrylic on Canvas

  • Will (Stranger #3)

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    Will (Stranger #3) 12”x16″ Acrylic on Canvas

  • Lindsey (Stranger #90)

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    Lindsey (Stranger #90) 12”x16″ Acrylic on Canvas

  • Tyler (Stranger #62)

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    I used a small palette knife for most of this painting and am very happy with the result.  I feel like I’m inching ever closer to the style I want to achieve.  This painting required a looseness of mind that doesn’t come natural to me.  I still have the urge to “paint within the lines” and…

  • Ben (Stranger #69)

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    My 100 Strangers project actually began as a way for me to find original subjects to paint portraits of.  However, I got so consumed with the project that I ended up not painting for a year.  Now that it’s finished, I have at least 100 potential portraits to paint.  This is my second stranger painting.…

  • Jay (Stranger #96)

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    It’s been exactly a year since I last painting something.  I did this stranger portrait yesterday as a way of brushing off the cobwebs.  It’s amazing how much you forget in just a year.  I’m hoping to ramp back up and create some more work soon. Jay (Stranger #96) 14″x11″ Acrylic on Canvas  

  • Self Portrait #4

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    Self Portrait #4 12″x16″ Acrylic on Canvas I started this painting by squirting paint straight onto the canvas and loosely spreading it around with a palette knife.  Working from a black and white photo, I initially just focused on getting the values (lightness and darkness) right in the flesh tones.  Then I mixed up some…

  • Lily #2

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    Lily #2 11”x14″ Acrylic on Canvas This was a difficult one.  Since I was painting my daughter, I didn’t feel as free to experiment.  I took a very conservative approach to the painting and it shows.  Also, the colors I mixed for the skin tones were a bit drab and my numerous touch ups made…

  • Jimi Hendrix

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    Jimi Hendrix 11”x14” Acrylic on Canvas I’ve been very motivated lately and just completed my fourth painting in two weeks. My stay-wet palette has allowed me to reuse the same paint for all four paintings although, after two weeks, some of the paint was feeling a little tacky. I’ll start with fresh mixes on the…

  • Thelonious Monk

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    Thelonious Monk 11”x14” Acrylic on Canvas This one didn’t go as smoothly as my Tom Waits portrait, but I’m still very happy with the result.  The colorful skin tones I started out with didn’t seem to fit the subject, so I pulled them back.  I tried lots of different techniques on the skin including palette…