The seven day auction for this small painting will start tonight at 20:20pm Pacific time. May the “Fourth” be with you! 5 x 7 inches oil on canvas panel sold

Do you do it — that is, are you really in charge of your intentions, emotions, and actions? Or, is the universe doing you — manifesting the grandeur and wonder of the cosmos through the astonishing phenomenon known as “you”?

Here’s another oil sketch on paper, I prepared the surface with a thicker layer of imprimatura so it doesn’t absorb the oil so fast and delay the drying process, this is essential for alla prima painters like me as all

Quick oil sketch on paper, painting on paper is not the same as on canvas, the oil paint dries much more quickly as it’s been absorbed by it, even though the paper’s been primed with gesso. The final result looks

This one needed a little more work, sometimes it takes some time to revisit paintings that I’ve started so I can take a more objective look at them, more often subtle changes will yield results that are satisfactory to my