I enjoy working on figurative pieces and love the vibrancy I can get with oil paint. The bright colors of the early impressionist painters like Monet, Renoir, and Van Gough have always captivated me. Figurative work intrigues me and reveals a great capacity for storytelling. Maybe a simple story of a mother and child: an age old story of warmth and tenderness. The exciting story of the drama of a Flamenco dancer, capturing the action and graceful beauty of the female form, is what inspires me. When starting a project I like to research my...more