RHA annual show opening 2013

The portrait hanging at this summer's RHA show.

Photograph by Dermot Browne, who attended yesterday's opening. See his work here:  http://dermotbrowne.tumblr.com/

Under-painting

Under-painting in transparent red oxide and ultramarine blue.

day 2

Recent head sketches

...complete with scratches across the board.

Steve Bettman in ARC Salon finalists!

Congratulations to Steve Bettman! - among the finalists in the Animal Category in the 2012/2013 Art Renewal Center International Salon Competition with his painting "Elvis Lives (Fjällvråk)".

Full list of finalists:
http://www.artrenewal.org/pages/salon_winners.php?contest=2012-2013%20Salon&page=Animal

See more of Bettman's work here:
http://www.sbettman.com/

Jorgensen Fine Art - Spring Exhibition

2 drawings of mine will be hanging in the Jorgensen Fine Art Gallery's Spring Exhibition, open from May 9th - 30th. Drop in and have a look if you're down Dawson st. way.

Link for the full exhibition....

http://www.jorgensenfineart.com/index.htm

RHA Annual show 2013

My portrait of Minni Katina Mertens, which has been selected for this year's Royal Hibernian Academy show.

http://www.rhagallery.ie/html/exhibitions/exhibit_annual.html

Show opens on 28th of May

Stephen Baumann pencil portrait

A pencil portrait of yours truly from last year drawn by Stephen Baumann, drawing and painting instructor at FAA, Sweden. Check the link below for more of his drawings.

 http://www.stephenbaumandrawings.com/2012/01/post-no16-portrait-of-nicholas-benedict.html