5x5" oil on canvas, SOLD
Growing up in the midwest, my family did not have air-conditioning. Instead we had a fan in each room. Those fans were pretty darn important on a summer night when the temperatures were in the nineties and the humidity about the same. For some odd reason, my family had names for these fans based on the sounds they made; purring, rattling, whining, etc. You get the picture. Anyway, my fan was named Whispering Smith, hence the name of this painting. I know the painting has nothing to do with a fan but there is some whispering going on here. And Smith seems like a respectable name for a bird.
5"x 5" oil on canvas, (in my private collection)
OK, so I promise this has nothing to do at all with living in the same house as my teenage daughter---REALLY, I swear.
9"x 12" original oil on canvas, SOLD
8"x 6" oil on canvas panel, $100 in MY EBAY STORE
I love to paint faces that are full of emotion and curiosity. I always try to give my portraits depth by attaching a story to each face while I'm painting.
8"x 6" oil on canvas
This was actually yesterday's painting, just didn't have time to post it last night. It's loosely based on a photo of me. Really, only the hair is close. I have red(ish) hair and that probably explains why I like to paint so many red heads. Whatever color, I think it's hard to paint hair without making it look lumpy.
6"x8" oil on canvas
