MADI 8 x 10, charcoal on bristol.

This is one of my earlier charcoal portraits.  You can see how I progressed (or regressed) by looking at the middle tones.  Not nearly enough light tones either, in my mind.  Maybe I'll change my mind again after a few years.  But I can't capture what I DID do.

DON

8 x 10" Pencil on Bristol Vellum.  This was taken from one of the brochures.

SUMMER AFTERNOON

This was also picked as an Honorable Mention in my local art guild exhibition.  I took the picture of two neighbor girls, dressed in my wife's dresses in the neighboring lot, which we also owned.  It brings back a lot of good memories for me. I wish we lived there again!

Allien

This was taken from a photo after the 20th century started.  The photo was, of course, black and white, and I did this picture in oil with burnt sepia and a little dark umber on board.  I lifted the white areas with paint thinner.