An Art Journey

This was a piece I tried when I was playing around with creating something with a more abstracted feel. I've been driven to abstraction...

In life drawing class we are equal opportunists and have male models as well as female ones, LOL. This painting was a departure for me as I ...

I truly don't think an artistic nude would be considered obscene or harmful to minors, or violate any terms of service. But I already wa...

Snickers was the first pet portrait I tried. He came out a little misproportioned, and ended up looking more like a cartoon cat or a stuffed...

One need not travel as far as Canada, however, to find lovely scenery. This image is right here in New Jersey in the early autumn. Deer Lake...

Landscapes are still quite a struggle for me, but I love trying them anyway. There are just so many gorgeous things out there to try to depi...

I guess I should give homage where homage is due. The end of February my sister had a birthday. It was one of those "big" birthday...

Amber is the second of my three cats. Her colors are tough to capture, so I struggled a bit with her, but it's all a good learning exper...

Lately I have been taken with an urge to paint pictures of my pets. This is a new direction for me, as I have never painted animals really. ...

This is from my last Tuesday night art class with Roy Kinzer. I love Roy but don't think I can continue to take two classes a week in th...

Starting later this week Alex Piccirillo's students will have their works on display at the Montclair Art Museum for six weeks. This is ...

This is from my most recent Tuesday night art class. The instructor cancelled the live model for the last three weeks, so once again we had ...

In my Tuesday night art class we usually do life drawing from nude and clothed models, but two weeks ago our model never showed up. We waite...

Another "Red" candidate. I actually did two paintings of this image, which is from a wonderful public domain photo that Dianna Pon...

Not an apple this time, but I still was actively pursuing the "Red" issue when I did this one. This was another contender for the ...

This one was the runner-up, the also ran, the picture I almost put in the "Red" art show. I like it, but felt it would not catch t...

This is not my first painting, but I will begin my journey here. This was the picture I displayed in the "Red" art show, my first ...