Oil • Pastel • Oil Pastel • Oil Based Colored Pencil

An eclectic group of traditional & non-traditional contemporary fine art portraiture, figurative paintings and drawings.

Mediums: Oil paints, oil pigmented paint sticks, oil pastel, oil based colored pencil.

Substrates: Acid free, toned paper- created from 100% pure cotton rag, illustration board, hardboard, sheets of aluminum. 100% pure archival cotton canvas or linen stretched over wood frame or solid wood board.

These images are a collection of concept drawings, illustrations and final designs for museum exhibits, universities and visitor centers. Many of these projects were also created for advertising agencies and design firms, newspapers, magazine publishers.

Acrylic • Casein • Egg Tempera • Gouache • Watercolor

More examples of fine art portraiture painted in a variety of water media. All pigments and materials used to create these works are of the finest grade. All paper substrates are made from 100% acid free rag cotton, also all linen and duck cotton canvas are of archival museum quality.

These murals and backdrops were designed for a multitude of venues, including museums, universities and visitor centers. Each was created by hand using either traditional drawing and painting methods or was rendered digitally.

Charcoal • Graphite • Pen and Ink

Portrait and landscape drawings are rendered either from life or from photographs or a combination of both.

Materials List: For charcoal drawings, “General” brand artist materials in vine sticks, pressed sticks, soft & hard charcoal pencils with a kneaded eraser.

Graphite drawings are usually done with an assorted brand of graphite pencils within a varying hardness range of HB to 6B.

Pen and ink drawings are created with either “Koh-I-Noor” brand rapidograph pens and the “Koh-I-Noor” brand inks or a quill nib pen using “Higgins Black Magic” brand waterproof ink, occasionally combined with water for a diluted black ink wash.

“Strathmore” brand 400 or 500 series paper and or illustration (2 or 3 ply) boards. Surface texture usually smooth or a slight tooth.

A variety of billboard & poster designs for clients of North Georgia advertising agencies from 1990-2014. Most of the designs shown here were the hand drawn marker comps from the initial concepts that were merged with digital elements. These first draft concepts were approved by the clients, as is with no revisions and sent to production as the final design.

The outdoor advertising industry has evolved from when artists made hand-drawn designs. There are fewer master painters creating hand-painted billboards. Today, UV-resistant inks from modern digital printers are widely used for billboards and posters. Many outdoor designs are now made as LED digital signs, available in different sizes.

Collage and Mosaic- Portraiture • Figurative

These projects are essentially created as a “paper painting” utilizing assorted pieces of torn paper, recycled magazines, print ads, labels, stamps, notes and other miscellaneous paper items. These items are assembled as to mimic painted brushstrokes.

Mosaics are created similarly using broken dishes, stoneware, ceramic and glass tiles adhered to ply-board.