William Shakespeare Design

Richard III

Figure

Dark Relaxed Figure

Pastel

Figure

Dark Receding Figure

Pastel

Altered, Image #5

Pastel, charcoal & ink on UART paper

I'm returning to this place in Whitechapel (see images “Altered # 1“ & “Altered # 2“). It is based on Gunthorpe Street, what used to be George Yard. This is where Martha Tabram was murdered (off to the left, beyond the building on the immediate left). The original building is no longer there except for a small section. I keep going back to this place because this may have been Jack the Ripper’s first kill on August 7, 1888. Most killers kill what is closest to them. I wonder if he lived very close to this location…

Detail

Finished Painting!

The working name for this piece was "Glimpse of the Past".
I'm thinking of changing it to "Interested Party".
Pastel on UART paper 22" x 32"

* An interesting note about this painting... I do not know who the old man on the bench is, but I painted him in the same setting (see my painting "Interest") about 2 1/2 years ago. I was on the same tour as the people in this painting at The Old Exchange Building and Provost Dungeon in Charleston, South Carolina in 2006.

New Hands Painting

Closed Captioned
Oil on linen on board 9" x 12"
This painting will be included into the "A Show of Hands"
at The Hampton Fine Art Gallery November 2009.
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Altered, Image #4

Pastel, charcoal, chalk on UART paper

I'm wandering with these images. I plan on compiling them into a book. It may take me a few months; it may take me year's to complete. For me, the chase and the roaming around with a subject is the fun.

This is the forth image from a series of illustrations that I am creating, working name “Altered”. It is based on the Jack the Ripper murders in Whitechapel. I’ve been fascinated with the murders in London attributed to Jack the Ripper since I was a kid. I do not wish to degrade or ill-use the ladies who were murdered; I think they have been exploited enough. My aim is to describe the living condition’s of the East Enders in London in that particular era, to understand the desperation of the people and the ladies who were to become victimized by Jack the Ripper and subsequently by gawkers, hawkers and entrepreneurs. And mostly, like all of us Ripperologist (people who study the crimes of Jack the Ripper), to ask the question by means of creating my images, what sort of person would do such a thing? “Profiling is nothing more than an opinion of the individual preparing the profile; It’s not a science, it’s an Art.”, FBI Profiler Roy Hazelwood, Jack the Ripper documentary.

Altered

Altered, Image 3
Pastel, charcoal, chalk, oil on UART paper

Work in Progress

Work in Progress/Studio Disarray, working name, "Glimpse of the Past". I'm still working on this pastel painting. I'm in the midst of two illustration jobs, so my time is being split. Pastel on UART paper.

Altered

Altered, Image 2
Pastel, charcoal, chalk on UART paper

New Work

Working name, "Altered".
Pastel, charcoal, graphite on Uart paper



This is the first image from a series of illustrations that I am creating, working name “Altered”. It is based on the Jack the Ripper murders in Whitechapel. I’ve been fascinated with the murders in London attributed to Jack the Ripper since I was a kid. I do not wish to degrade or ill-use the ladies who were murdered; I think they have been exploited enough. My aim is to describe the living condition’s of the East Enders in London in that particular era, to understand the desperation of the people and the ladies who were to become victimized by Jack the Ripper and subsequently by gawkers, hawkers and entrepreneurs. And mostly, like all of us Ripperologist (people who study the crimes of Jack the Ripper), to ask the question by means of creating my images, what sort of person would do such a thing? “Profiling is nothing more than an opinion of the individual preparing the profile; It’s not a science, it’s an Art.”, FBI Profiler Roy Hazelwood, Jack the Ripper documentary.

I've Been Nominated!

I've been nominated by The Lake Oconee Living Magazine as "Best Artist"! VOTE HERE!

Work In Progress / Studio Disarray

Here's a new piece I'm working on. It's pastel on UART paper, approx. 26" x 36". working name, "Glimpse of the Past".

New Work

Paper Thin

Pastel on Uart paper
10" x 11"

I'm not sure if this painting is completed or not. Part of me would like to finesse it a little more and another part of me wants to leave it raw. I might have to let this one sit for a short while...
Okay I think it's completed. Here's the framed view.