My Latest Paintings

I call this painting "The Red Knight." My models were 1/6 scale figures.

As with most of my paintings, my favorite part is the sky and clouds, which I based on a photo.

This is a knight from the time of Richard the Lionheart. He wears the king's coat of arms on his chest.

These were my models for the Red Knight painting. I used a black background to start out and switched to a white one when I began working on the sky.

Set-up for Red Knight painting. I sat on the floor to paint most of this. Photos on right are of painting and models. I alternated between painting from the models and painting from photos of the models.

I call this painting "Scottish Castle with Heather."

Notice the contrast between sky and tree tops, with darker sky and lighter tree tops. This is a typical lighting effect in the mountains.

I love this type of sky - storm clouds with sunlight shining through, which typically takes place in late afternoon.

This is my favorite part of the painting. It reminds me of 19th Century American landscape painters.

Another detail I really like.

More stormy sky, more tree tops and a Scottish castle - all washed in late afternoon sun.