Jun 3, 2015 | Featured Artwork, small painting
This is a painting of the meadow in Huber Woods Park in Monmouth County, NJ . I hike this path a few times a week. The painting is oil on panel framed in a reclaimed Douglas Fir 6.5″ x 8.5″ frame …Click on the link to bid on this painting. Huber...
Apr 29, 2015 | small painting
Ceramic artist Ben Davison sent me two really nice coffee mugs a few weeks. I bought one out to the studio last week and made this painting. The painting is oil on board, framed in a walnut spline frame 6.5 x 8.5 Click this link to go to the...
Apr 26, 2015 | In The Studio, Painting class, small painting, Uncategorized
Paint along with me and learn how to use color to help make light and space in a painting. You can print out the drawing below as a helpful guide. Also, I’ve posted a still life painting of the ceramic mug that one of my viewer’s Ben made and sent me....
Apr 23, 2015 | In The Studio, small painting
This week’s auction is a still life painting of my square and mortising chisel framed in a walnut spline frame. It’s oil on panel. Cick the link to go to the auction....
Apr 22, 2015 | Home & Garden, small painting, Woodworking
Here’s a recap of the first part of the bedside table project and some answers to your questions. Tons of great questions, so please keep them coming. It was great to work with veneer on this project and there’s a lot that can be done with it. Stay...
Apr 19, 2015 | In The Studio, Painting class, small painting
In this week’s painting lesson, we’ll paint a still life of an apple. You can print the drawing I created and the photo we’re working from to paint along with me. The finished painting is available for sale on my Ebay Store if you’re...
Mar 19, 2015 | small painting
Just added a few new works to my eBay store, this is a fun and affordable way to collect original artwork. Click the link to check them out http://stores.ebay.com/JP-Art-and-Home
Jan 21, 2015 | Artist Notebook, In The Studio, small painting
It’s mid January around 4:30 in the afternoon and the winter sun will soon set far to the southwest. The snow on the field is deep – probably a foot or more, but it has rained, then frozen, then snowed a little more leaving about two inches of fresh powder...
Jan 7, 2015 | In The Studio, small painting, Uncategorized
Earlier in the fall, the kids and I went clamming on the Navesink River. We had a great time, dug up a nice batch of clams and made linguine and wine clam sauce later that night. I saved a few of the clam shells and yesterday I used them to to make two still life...