Jess

 

This is a charcoal I drew last night of Jess, an art student in high school. Drawing from a live model is really important to me. My hope is that my paintings are more true to life, since I'm not relying strictly on photos for my references. And as any artist will tell you, photographs lie!

Corporate Portrait

 

I've just completed this portrait of a CEO in St Louis. Although it is a formal portrait, I tried to keep my brushstrokes loose and painterly. He is holding a device that his company manufactures, which I think makes the painting more meaningful, although I was never quite sure what the device actually was!