Monday, November 22, 2010

More Sicily

Pretty self-explanatory...


Lovely Taormina
oil on canvas
16x20 inches

Friday, November 19, 2010

Epic battle... But I won.

So on Wednesday the 17th, I was trying to choose between two pictures to make a painting out of... one a landscape, and the other a cafe scene... both from the trip in Sicily. And I chose the cafe scene because, for some reason, it looked easier. It turned out to be an insane battle and test of my patience and my ability as an artist. Over the course of two days, the total time spent on this painting was about 12 hours, 30 minutes. Don't ask me what I was thinking... this was not the easier choice between the two.


Cafe In Taormina
oil on canvas
16x20 inches

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Gethsemane

This is one of a few images from the Garden of Gethsemane that I'm planning to paint. The olive trees in this garden are haunting, and full of movement and unusual lines and shapes. The roots are 2000 year-old witnesses of Christ. This was certainly a holy place.


Gethsemane
oil on canvas
16x20 inches

Friday, November 12, 2010

View of Galilee

Here is the third in my Holy Land series. After such a huge challenge like the Roman Colosseum, I thought I'd do an easy one. So this is a view of Galilee, as seen from the Mount of the Beatitudes. Some nice landscape with a little hint of the beautiful Sea of Galilee. There will be more of the Sea to come. Plus, the Parthenon, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Sicily, and more.


View of Galilee
oil on canvas
16x20 inches

Thursday, November 4, 2010

My Name Is Gladiator...

Here is the second of my Holy Land series. As you may guess, this is the Roman Colosseum (Amphitheatrum Flavium). It was a pretty excruciating job.. about 10 total hours of work. But the results are well worth the tired neck and the headache I endured.



Colosseum
oil on canvas
16x20 inches