Painting the Evening at a Company Holiday Party

Painting the Evening at a Company Holiday Party

Posted by on Dec 10, 2021 in Uncategorized | No Comments

At this company holiday party in the historic Phelan Building in San Francisco (see the Wikipedia description and also this great article on the history of the building), I live-painted the scene using an iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and the Procreate app. My live painting was projected in real time on two large screen on […]

Transport Themed 70′ Virtual Mural + “Cirque Paint” Juggling / Painting!

Transport Themed 70′ Virtual Mural + “Cirque Paint” Juggling / Painting!

Posted by on Oct 16, 2021 in Uncategorized | No Comments

While guests were enjoying their conference gala awards dinner at the annual conference of the International Association of Movers (IAM), I created a live painting titled “Land, Sea, Air” (above) that represented the subject matter of the conference: the vehicles and tools of moving — ships, cranes, trains and planes. My brush strokes were displayed […]

Capturing Reception, Dinner & Concert in One Painting

Capturing Reception, Dinner & Concert in One Painting

Posted by on Oct 5, 2021 in Uncategorized | No Comments

At this company event in the Desert Foothills event space in North Scottsdale, Arizona, I captured the scene as the event transitioned from an outdoor reception to a sit down dinner in a barn and finally a surprise concert featuring Cyndi Lauper. I used the iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and Procreate app. These portraits were […]

Painting Portraits at Company Office-Warming

Painting Portraits at Company Office-Warming

Posted by on Oct 4, 2021 in Uncategorized | No Comments

At this company event celebrating the company moving into new offices. I used the iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and Procreate app as my medium. These portraits were displayed on a 55″ LED monitor as I painted them.      I share more of the portraits below along with the replay videos showing the creative process. All […]

CEO Retirement Portrait: “What Winners Do”

CEO Retirement Portrait: “What Winners Do”

Posted by on Sep 15, 2021 in Uncategorized | No Comments

This portrait was created live for the retirement dinner of a CEO in The Woodlands, Houston, Texas. He wanted to share the lessons of what winners do from three inspirational historical photographs he has on the walls of his office. These three images are reflected in the painting. I start the painting with the reception […]

Salon at the Triton

Salon at the Triton

Posted by on Jul 6, 2021 in Uncategorized | No Comments

Two of my artworks, Piano Indigo and Gazebo, were accepted into the juried 2021 Salon at the Triton Museum of Art: Statewide 2D Art Competition & Exhibition, which runs through September 12, 2021. Both artworks are extended with an Augmented Reality (AR) video overlay that you can view using the free app Artivive (available on […]

“Drawing as Dancing”<br>at Cat’s Corner SF

“Drawing as Dancing”
at Cat’s Corner SF

Posted by on Nov 15, 2020 in Uncategorized | One Comment

Thank you, Nathan Dias, for inviting me to share a little live digital drawing demo on the online version of Cat’s Corner SF, a weekly Lindy Hop dance event featuring dance classes, socializing and live music. In this demo I share the parallels I experience between drawing and dancing. I started with a sketch based […]

“Art of the Descarga” CD Cover

“Art of the Descarga” CD Cover

Posted by on Aug 17, 2020 in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

The painting used on this CD is one I created that depicts master percussionist, educator, cultural activist, keeper of the Afro-Caribbean flame steeped in Cuban and Puerto Rican folkloric traditions as well as salsa and Latin jazz, one of SFJAZZ’s first four Resident Artistic Directors, visionary bandleader and noted music historian John Santos playing live […]

Rip It Up!

Rip It Up!

Posted by on May 9, 2020 in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Well, it’s Saturday night…. …and I just got paid (well, not quite, since it’s shelter-in-place and sit tight…), Fool about my money, don’t try to save, My heart says go go, have a time, ‘Cause it’s Saturday night and I’m feelin’ fine, I’m gonna rock it up, I’m gonna rip it up, I’m gonna shake […]

Great British Radio & Lecture Programmes

Great British Radio & Lecture Programmes

Posted by on Mar 16, 2020 in Uncategorized | No Comments

For anyone stuck anywhere, quarantined, in a car, train or plane for a long journey, or just wanting their mind stimulated with something other than news, then I’d highly recommend these absolutely fabulously amazingly fascinating and interesting British (mostly BBC radio) programmes. You can listen to these anywhere anytime via the wonders of the internet! […]