Oil Paintings

Moses Underpainting

This is the egg-tempera under-painting of Moses in the Rocky Cleft panel.

Jonah and Walking Man Panel

In-progress graphite under-drawing on a poplar wood panel of Walking Man over a subterranean ocean with Jonah and the Sea-monster. This will be painted in oils.

A Special Frame For H. Bosch

Below is a photo of the frame for Heironymos Bosch Painting in His Studio. The frame is hard curly maple, cherry, and black walnut. I had troubles capturing a quality photo of the frame. Also pictured are a few new details: a great horned owl, bluebird, and some crows in the right-hand panel, and a plowman leading a pair of oxen on the left-hand panel.

Underpainting for Moses in the Cleft of Rock

Below are two stages of the under-painting for the Moses in the Cleft panel, done in egg tempera. Also included is a detail of some of the egg tempera paraphernalia.

Moses Anointing Aaron Update

Here is some recent progress on the painting of Moses anointing Aaron. A detail of Aaron followed by the whole picture.

Painting Update

Recent work on the painting of Asher Lev and the Messenger, based from Chiam Potok’s novels. Re-working the light scheme a little bit, and developing some of the details.

Bosch Portrait Update

Below are three images of the most recent work on the portrait of Heironymos Bosch -now four years in the making. The first is a shot of the entire painting, followed by a detail of the painter’s profile and the painter’s palette and colors. The images may be selected in order to view a larger format.