Drawing Included in new Juliette Aristides Classical Drawing Book

I'm very pleased to be included in Juliette Aristides new Lessons in Classical Drawing book, which was just released in November. Juliette came to teach a week long Classical Still Life workshop in Poulsbo in 2010 and took notice of some structural drawings from my drawing class. Being asked to submit work for the book was an honor enough, but I'm very pleased to be part of such a class act of a book. There is even a DVD which features drawing lessons, as well as some great scenes in Florence & Venice. For anyone who is an artist or wants to become one, I highly recommend the book. Below is the drawing of the Caulking Gun which was included on page 95 as an example of cylinders.

Sunflower Seas: The Sequel

Years ago I created a painting called Sunflower Seas. It featured my old man character "Alfred" on a quest for a giant fish from the depths of the yellow water. Clouds came to life like fish. Alfred's dreams often become reality. This piece sold in 2009.

Here is my newest visitation to this story. Sunflower Seas II: Fish On. Here Alfred has finally hooked a fish, and a big one at that. This is an 18x24 Acrylic on Canvas and is available for $600.

To purchase this painting, Email Me.

20,000 Liters Under The Sea

My latest painting is titled "20,000 Liters Under The Sea" a little play on the novel by Jules Verne. Here the Octopus is wrapping its tentacles around a bottle of wine...trying to get it open of course! This painting will be hanging at Sogno Di Vino Wine Bar & Ristorante in Poulsbo, WA beginning Friday July 1st. It will be hanging right by another new piece "Life In A Bottle"....


The two pieces will go well together. Each original painting is available for $1200. If you are interested in purchasing please contact me. Keep in mind I also do commissions if my work is inspiring other interesting ideas you would like for your art collection. For more of my wine related artwork, visit ArtisticWine.com.

Message In A Bottle

The focus lately has been on my wine related paintings, as I received my business license for Artistic Wine on May 1st of this year. Having painted and sold images like these for years, it was finally time to make prints and form some sort of business with it. I've always loved mermaids, and what a great subject to imagine in a wine bottle...floating along, even with a little wine left in the bottle. Here is one of my latest "Mermaid In A Bottle: Peeking Above The Surface". It is painted with Golden acrylics on an 18x24 canvas. $600 . Prints available soon. Visit my Artistic Wine website for more wine related work.

Golden Years

Here's a new painting...titled "Golden Years"...This piece is an acrylic on canvas, size 16x20. Alfred sits on top of a glass of red wine (with a glass of his own) watching the goldfish swim by in the air...watching the wind blow the sunflowers, cypress trees, as well as bottles of wine. $600

Structural Drawing Class @ Artists' Edge in Poulsbo, Washington

I'll be teaching a new Structural Drawing Session at Artists' Edge in Poulsbo, WA beginning January 26th. The class goes for 5 weeks, meeting from 6-8 every Wednesday evening.

One of the most important skills in becoming a successful artist is drawing. Instructor Derek Gundy teaches this Structural Drawing Class much in the same way he learned from instructors over 20 years ago. Structural Drawing is the process of drawing the "space" that objects occupy, not just the object itself. Allowing the mind to imagine objects as "see-through" and challenging oneself to draw the entire subject brings great breakthroughs to artists wanting to improve their work. Derek will show students how to find new ways of seeing and how to take a different approach to their drawings. This class focuses on strictlyhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif line drawing, and no erasers are permitted. Students will start out with small objects for drawing, and eventually move to interiors and architectural renderings.

Supplies:
Easel: some available at Artists' Edge
23x26 drawing board
18x24 newsprint pad 50-100 sheets
Drawing Pencils and or Compressed Charcoal
Sharpener
Space is limited to 6 for maximum teacher/student attention. To get registered for this class visit Artists' Edge Class Page

New Painting of Abominable Snowman

Here's one of my recent paintings, a rare subject for me, the Abominable Snowman. I began this painting awhile ago for a Seattle Art Show with the snowman theme, and got busy with other things and did not complete it in time for the show. I did, however, enjoy painting it so much that I came back to it another time and finished it off with a white handpainted frame as well. Overall size with the frame is about 16x20. $400