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With my love of the old Dutch Masters in mind, I set up my still lifes using the chiaroscuro style of dramatic light with dark shadows in order to create the illusion of three-dimensional solid forms.
 | | There is nothing more challenging, or more rewarding, than drawing and/or painting the human form.
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 | | To me, there is nothing more sublime than a well executed pencil or charcoal drawing.
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 | | Landscapes and local scenes are an opportunity to bring in a more diverse palette of colors and a more playful, less structured style of painting.
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 | | Pet portraits are the most fun of all.
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 | | By commission
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P.O. Box 10155
00801 St. Thomas
United States Virgin Islands
| Art Education
2002 –Beginning study of application of oil paint including blocking in, color mixing, brush strokes, etc. with artist/teacher Tom St. Vincent, St. Thomas, VI
2002 –Studied privately with Beverly Fuller Garnett (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Instructor) –Still Life Painting in Oil
2003 –Fechin Art Workshops -Studied with David Leffel in Taos, New Mexico –Still Life &Portraiture in oil
2003 –Fechin Art Workshops -Studied with Gregg Kreutz in Taos, New Mexico –Still Life &Portraiture in oil
2004 –Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts , Philadelphia, PA –Intensive Figure Drawing with Patrick Arnold
2005 –Florence Academy of Art , Florence, Italy –Summer Program: Maureen Hyde –Portraiture; Kevin Gorges –Figure Painting
2006 –Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts , Philadelphia, PA –“Painting Drapery &Cloth” with Joshua Marsh (painting used by PAFA for their brochure and web site)
2006 –Florence Academy of Art , Florence, Italy –Summer Program: Hunter Eddy –Portraiture
2007 –Studied with... |
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