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I Painted Her at Royal Ground Coffee in San Raphael, Ca.

August 7, 2009 – 10:52 am

This is one of the only 2 paintings that I was able to do while I was on vacation out in Marin County recently. My sister-in-law dropped me off at this coffee house in San Raphael. I was really nervous, since it was my first attempt outside of Austin. I just loved her pink ruffly […]

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I Painted Katelyn at the Barking Dog

August 5, 2009 – 9:01 am

I just got back from delivering some paintings down to AMSET, the Art Museum of Southeast Texas. It’s located in Beaumont. I had never been to AMSET before – it is a very nice museum. Sarah Hamilton, the curator, was very nice and friendly. She even helped me carry the paintings into the museum. Inside, […]

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I Painted The Girl in the Bolshevik Cap

July 29, 2009 – 8:39 am

Some people just look great in hats, and this girl was one of them. She had on a Bolshevik cap, with silver tab button on the side. Her hair was blonde, and had a mind of its own. I decided to change color palettes to compliment the Ruskie look, sort of influenced by Malevich and […]

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I Painted This Smart Fellow at Epoch

July 28, 2009 – 9:11 am

I’ve been out of town! I just returned from visiting relatives in Marin County. I spent most of my time walking the trails, and visiting my wonderful relatives out California-way. They were kind enough to drive me to a coffee house in San Raphael for a couple of hours, and I did a few paintings […]

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I Painted Her at Halcyon Coffee and Bar

July 16, 2009 – 8:30 am

She was sitting at Halcyon, working on her computer. She was very well-coiffed, and knew how to pull together accessories. I’ve never been into that level of fussiness, but this woman made it look effortless. She was obviously very smart. I figured that she must be a lawyer, but who knows… Love her unabashed brandish: […]

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I Painted Her at the Spider House

July 13, 2009 – 4:03 pm

I think that this might be Silona Bonewald, a local techie. She’s really smart – she’s working on “Transparency in government issues”. She’s kind of a local geek celebrity.

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I Painted Maggie at the Spider House

May 21, 2009 – 7:33 am

I was there relatively early at the Spider House. Maggie showed up on the patio. She had on a flesh-colored sundress. She had brought along her needlepoint – how wonderful! That kept her quite still, but then her phone rang. I captured her anyway, thank goodness. She left at one point for the bathroom, and […]

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Pastel Portraiture

May 14, 2009 – 1:35 pm

Summer is the best time for children’s portraits. I am doing 12″x16″ pastel vignette portraits at a special rate. This is a detail from a portrait of David: For more samples and information, visit my Portraits page.