Painting Portraits at Company Office-Warming
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”
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
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”
at Cat’s Corner SF
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
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!
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
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! […]
The Launch of the
‘Seven Seas Splendor’
This live event painting conveys the excitement, energy and elegance of the inaugural launch and christening celebrations of the magnificent new Regent Seven Seas Cruises ship, the luxurious Seven Seas Splendor, at Port Miami on February 21st, 2020. Congratulations to everyone at Regent and all the staff and crew of the Splendor! Using an iPad […]
Painting Amongst Historic Automobiles
At this event, the Red Slippers 2020 Gala, benefiting the Hope Solutions organization, I painted portraits of guests and depicted the scene as guests dined amongst the amazing collection of historical automobiles at the Blackhawk Museum, Danville, California. I used the iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and Procreate app as my medium. My portraits were displayed […]
London Scene
Luma Paint Light Mural
I painted this London-themed mural live at the Winter Lights 2020 festival in Canary Wharf, London, using the amazing real time Light Painting Software, Luma Paint, developed by Lichtfaktor (see their cool Luma Paint Tech Demo on YouTube). As you can see in this video, I was literally painting with light! In my hands […]