Ad Astra! A finished Painting.
The painting is finished! When last we saw our astronaut, she was painted in full color with the exception of her flight suit. [...]
Stars Above, Blue Skies Below
I did finally finish the underpainting, and after a few days the paint had dried sufficiently that the effect of the reflective glare [...]
Time For Some Under-painting….In Spaaaaaace!
Once I have a final to-scale drawing for the composition finished, the next step in my process is to transfer that drawing to [...]
How Far We Can Go
In 2003 I did a painting of a woman astronaut aboard a space station looking down at the Earth far below. ‘How Far [...]
Icarus/Daedalus Commission Update
Hello, everyone! Yes, I'm still alive. And I've been working. On paintings. Well, on a painting. For the last couple of months, I've [...]
Skies of Blue, Clouds of White
Time for an end-of-the-week progress update on the 'Young Astronaut' commission. The past week has been all about getting some color into the [...]
‘Young Astronaut’ Finished Underpainting
The more I work on this painting, the more fun I'm having with it. I've finished work on the underpainting, and so far, [...]
‘Young Astronaut’ Underpainting Continued: The Background
I've made some good progress on the underpainting for 'Young Astronaut'. The shuttle and the station are both in place, and so far [...]
‘Young Astronaut’ Underpainting: Early Stages
With all the separate elements competing for attention in this composition, the play of light, the values and the contrast are going to [...]
Starting a New Painting
I love the subject of kids reading. It is the perfect symbol of imagination. My stockpile of reference material on the subject is [...]