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It's sad to bid farewell to a long standing sci-fi scale modeling resource, Modeler Magic. I was featured there back in 2015 - showcasing...

I don't live far from Wegerzyn Gardens, one of a series of beautiful metro parks that are around the Dayton, Ohio area. I love to stroll...

After a bit of an hiatus, I'm back into the studio! I've been teaching kids and adults how to draw over the past few months and as such...

USS Bailey DD-492. Oil on Canvas. Original already sold, however prints are available at: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/uss-bailey-...

Time to draw...in color! I needed a serious restock of my color pencils, so I just ordered a new set of Prismacolor pencils. I enjoy...

F-105G Thunderchief Walkaround by Dale Jackson at the National Museum USAF.

After a bit of a break from art, I returned to it jumping right into a big 24" x 18" drawing of an EA-6B Prowler nearly launch from a...

The Hummingbird drawing is finished. This drawing took about five hours to complete. Condensed in this video to about five minutes....

An update on a painting I'm working on. I've purchased a new camera. Quite different than my old DSLR which only had a video resolution...

I'm taking a short recess from my painting of "Grizzly Falls" and filling in the gaps with a few drawings. The reason for this is that...

In the previous phase, I blocked in the basic structure of the painting. In this phase, I began to get a bit more into the structures of...

Grizzly Falls Oil on Canvas Block-In Part 2

In the next blog posts, I'm going to be discussing my next work. My next painting is going to be a vertical landscape painting of Grizzly...

The original oil painting of USS Bailey has now been completed and is off to the recipient. Customizable prints of this piece are now...

I've completed the painting of USS Bailey (DD-492). This destroyer participated in the Battle of the Komandorski Islands on 26 March...

After blocking-in and modeling the structures of the ship and ocean, I began work on the detailing phase of this painting. The detail...

Before moving back to the ship, I blocked in the basic foreground water. Next, I began defining ver basic structures of the foreground...

I started working on a color study of this subject which quickly turned into a full-on acrylic painting. Because I'm under a deadline for...

I'm currently working on a color study for my work on USS Bailey (DD492) which is to be an oil painting on a 16" x 20" canvas. This color...

I just recently received a new commission to paint a WWII Destroyer in oils. The subject is USS Bailey (DD-492)! USS Bailey is a Benson...