10” x 10″ oil, metallic powder and cold wax medium on wood panel This is a portrait of my grandmother when she was a girl. This painting has a thin layer of cold wax over the surface protecting the layers
Margaret as a Child
Richard
10” x 10″ oil, cold wax, galkyd and metalic powder on wood panel This was comissioned as a companion for “Marti“
Marti
10” x 10″ oil, cold wax, galkyd and metallic powder on wood panel My beautiful aunt circa early 1970’s. I was very careful to preserve the ethereal expression she had in the moment the original photo was taken.
Eldoris
Eldoris 10” x 10″ oil, cold wax and galkyd on wood panel My grandmother circa 1943. I find it very satisfying when a finished painting reveals the whole process of how it was created from start to completion.
Val
10″ x 10″ oil, cold wax and galkyd on wood panel My mom’s cousin back around 1948. She was not a happy little girl when this photo was taken. I isolated her face from a group photo of her with
Ahmzie With Bike
20″ x 24″ oil, cold wax and galkyd on wood panel Ahmzie With Bike was done from a picture of my great aunt on my mom’s side of the family, photo taken around 1943. I love looking at these old
Ahmzie With Bike ~ Progress
20″ x 24″ oil and cold wax on wood panel From a photo of my mothers aunt. So far I have the begining thin layers of oil painted on wood panel. I’m working it in the same way I did
Teen Margaret ~ cold wax and oil
10″ x 10″ oil and cold wax on wood panel This paintng was done from my grandmother’s high school graduation picture. another view This painting, like Lake Lady, has many slightly textured layers of transparent cold wax over a softly
Lake Lady ~ Painting With Cold Wax
Lake Lady is part of my My Own Personal Feminine series. Last year I started going through boxes of old family photos at my parent’s house. This painting is of a person connected to my mom’s side of the family.