My unintentional mural tryptic on the East Side of Downtown Houston was finally finished today.  These murals were painted over the course of probably about 18 months between 2024-2025.  The…

Before I riff on realism (for class).  I will riff extremely briefly on a repeated point made by Robert Motherwell on the nature of abstraction, or rather what abstraction is.…

I’m not even sure what thumbnail to choose for this entry on account of how long it's been since I last wrote anything here and how productive I've been in…

I have pushed hard in the last three days through the Rosemary Mahoney painting.  I am about 60% through the initial block-in. Fortunately this block-in process is atypical in that…

I finally started the Rosemary Mahoney project that the gallery tasked me with almost one full year ago.  I was told no rush so I took my time and I’m…

The paint diary is a project I have been working on for about a month on my other website www.shopoilpaintings.com.  It serves two distinct and valuable purposes: its a ritual…