Drawing The Cook (In Progress)

This is definitely a two drawing image. The angle of the face and the hat pose a challenge. So more than likely another drawing will follow before I pick up the brushes or the pastels. This is a family cousin that I recently met again as an adult. He has interesting features so of course he had to be drawn.

Current Drawing In Progress

I'm currently working on this drawing. Its inspired by a young lady blowing bubbles at a recent family event. It was hard to photograph the bubbles they were blowing but that wont stop me from adding them to the final paintings.

Shadow Rock Smashing Waves

This is the first two stages with this one. I will post the current stage in a few days because I want to let it simmer for a while before calling it done. This is an unusual perspective and a different composition. This is a scene from the Fort Bragg, California area.

Rug Rat

This is my middle nephew Cortez when he was a little tyke. He is now taller than me and his voice is changing. I'm going to play with this one a bit more before I post a price. He is now in high school. This was one of our many Thanksgiving gatherings and he wanted a treat since the adults were already munching on turkey and pie. That is our family ritual that we hope to continue this Thanksgiving.

Sulking Jeremy

I'm still working with this one. This is my oldest nephew when he was about 11 years old. He is probably sulking because his mom won't let him go hang out with his buddies. He is about 24 now. When my mom passed away earlier this year I went back through some my old photos and found a number that I wanted to paint. I noticed that he liked those baggy clothes even then.

This is the second visit with this piece. Its getting there.

Summer Boys

This is inspired by a photo that I found on a coworkers desk. I liked the body language and colors so I decided to paint it. This was my first nights work. I sliced the body on the left because I like odd numbers. My desire with the tallest person and the guy to the right is to keep you in the picture.