Animal Love closing soon!

Hi everyone! These are two of the pieces I currently have hanging in the KGB gallery's "Animal Love" group exhibition. The show closes on March 18th, so check it out if you're in the neighborhood! :)

Snowy Owl

Upcoming Show!

I will have a few pieces in this show at the KGB gallery. Jimmy will also be showing a little something! Click the image for deets. 

doggies

for the 2nd year in a row, i have submited work for the westminster kennel club dog show poster contest. this year my painting was selected as a finalist! here it is!:

you can see the winner of this year's contest here. while i'm at it, here are pics of the painting i did last year, which got an honorable mention, but i don't think i ever posted: 

some studies

i've gotten a little behind with updating, so here is just a bunch of studies from the last few months for you to see. this first one, another white stag, will be in this year's take home a nude auction at sotheby's:

this one will be on view at the KGB Bar in a couple weeks:

 

finally, a couple of red-tailed hawks:

psssttt.....!!!

i'll have 4 little paintings in this show at the super cool KGB (kraine gallery bar) in my old hood, the good-old easy villy. you should absolutely come join me for a drink at the reception on october 12th (if you live around here)!!! you can also check out the blog with some sneak peaks here!

Back to school!

FALL SESSION: September 12 - November 30

New York Academy of Art, Continuing Education
Monday – Tuesday – Wednesday
10am to 1pm and/or 2pm to 5pm

I will be teaching the painting portion of this course Tuesday afternoons, Wednesday mornings and Wednesday afternoons.

Registration is open! Visiting New York City for a short period of time? You may sign up for this class by the day or week: tailor the class to fit your schedule.

For information please visit www.nyaa.edu or contact me.

Giraffe in Maine

This is the mural Jimmy and I just did for our friends' new baby's room!! Welcome home little Oona Lulu Lafayette Murphy!!!!!!!!

new studio!

i've moved out of the little studio in our apartment, and into a large space in brooklyn which i am sharing with friends. here are some shots of my main wall, almost all set up. i'm excited to get to work!

happy birthday jimmy drawing

for jimmy's birthday this year, i did a drawing of him and papi smooching in the sunlight :)

art books

more noble ancestors!

last year i was commissioned to do some tiny portraits of king henry II and his wife eleanor of aquitaine. this year, the same person requested paintings of a few more ancestors. here they are! william the conqueror, charlemagne, and sir william johnson, first baronet of new york.

 

from the east river ferry on a cloudy day