Back in 2003, during one of my bouts with occasional insomnia, I whipped up this painting in the early morning hours before sunrise. It only took about an hour or two to complete and it was a lot of fun to work on. I slathered and swirled some thick purple acrylic paint to create her curly hair and although it's hard to tell from the photo, her hair has a somewhat bumpy texture. I've always loved when artists use heavy paint and palette knives to create texture on the canvas. It makes me want to feel the painting. :o)

Reclining nude

I must give a warning to those art lovers out there who may be a little modest and prefer their art to be..well--not so naked. When it comes to the several charcoal drawings that I will display on my page, the majority will probably be of nude models. So my apologies in advance if my nude portraits may offend some people out there checking this out. In retrospect, perhaps I should've placed this disclaimer above this drawing. Oh well. Live and learn I suppose. :0)

Untitled

This is a self portrait which I completed in one of my numerous art classes at ICC. I would say this is probably circa 1999 or 2000, and I predominately used black charcoal with white chalk for the highlights. I would say this is one of my favorites in my portfolio. (That fact is funny to me because since it's considered a "self portrait", it makes feel conceited to admit it is a favorite of mine. ) :)