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Milestones

The nice thing about milestones is that they don’t indicate any kind of ending, but rather a mark along the way to a destination.  So nothing here is finished, but simply one state has passed on to another. A while … Continue reading

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Unresolved

I learned a couple years ago that New Year’s resolutions don’t work for me. I have a tendency to “think big.”  While thinking big and having extraordinary ideas is very motivating in the *long term* (as in unending measures of … Continue reading

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Why I Love Private Commissions

When you’re an artist, there’s really only three motivations for producing art:  You can create for yourself, drawing and painting the pictures you want to see, or those you want to apply to a personal project either of your own … Continue reading

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Finished Commissions

If you’re not in the mood or the place to look at buff shirtless guys, skip this post until you are! It always feels good to get a big project behind you. I’ve had a little bit of Mountain Road … Continue reading

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The Structure of Man

I’ve got some projects finished (or nearly so) that I’ll be posting soon, but I want to talk about this first. Yesterday I finished up the first two courses – 54 hours – of Riven Phoenix’s The Structure of Man … Continue reading

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Along the Mountain Road

All summer long I’ve been developing this painting.  It’s not every day I get a commission like this; generally a lot of what I do is very go-to-it. References are provided, I draw, I paint, it gets done.  But now … Continue reading

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Choose your own Adventure?

*feature image, drawing by Pierre-Paul Prud’hon One of the most intimidating milestones that loomed before me when I chose to pursue art and illustration was “developing a style.”  I have always been an observational artist; for over half my life … Continue reading

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