NASA Embedded Artist?
This article came out recently in the New York Times describing a reemergence of an artist residency/collaboration with NASA. I'd like to propose [...]
Green Leafy Things
I started working on the foreground today. Specifically, the background of the foreground. More specifically, the leaves and branches of the tree in [...]
Background Complete
All right! It’s been a ton of work, but finishing the intrepid, child mars-tronaut explorers at the top of the painting means the [...]
It’s Full of Stars
After carefully painting in the elliptical paths of the planets around the sun, I decided to go ahead and paint a few stars to [...]
Can’t Believe that Worked!
Ok, I believe it… I’m just greatly relieved that it worked. I did what basically amounts to a charcoal transfer, but using white [...]
Transferring a Large Drawing to Canvas
So you’ve finished carefully drawing out a composition for a new painting. You love it, it's ready and it's time to put it [...]
On Starting a Painting
I have had several questions about how I come up with ideas for paintings and, in particular, how I go about translating an [...]
Bring Your Kid to Work Day
As sometime happens, a painting that started out as somewhat of a scholastic endeavor has ended up being one of my personal favorites. I happened [...]
A Letter About “A New Height”
Dear friends, family and associates, As a former U.S. Marine, I once carried a rifle in our defense. I've two younger brothers in [...]