Okay so the only place my mother and father can be seen together are on my birth certificate and on some faded old black and white photos. But using artist licence, I can put them side by side. But the fact is, each of them contributed 50% of my genes, and both of their features…

This painting was an experiment, what could i do with very little data? The reference is a faded tiny photograph, which I have always found evocative. I find that she’s recognizable, but a bit too abstract. This is my grandmother, a new American.

Having a family gives an artist a wonderful opportunity and an endless collection of photographs that can be used for reference materials for paintings. While I am exploring this new art form, the possibilities are just endless. I am not sure how far I am going to go with this, but so far, it’s been…

Can you tell I am having a lot of fun painting in Chris Crite’s style? This time I tackled a pose of Donald’s that I particularly like, of course, he was talking.