Author: Stella

  • Up All Night

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    Actually, I can’t stay up all night – never could, even when a project was due the next day and I’d put it off until the night before. My brain just doesn’t have what it takes to function properly after about 5pm. Coffee, cocaine, ritalin – nothing works. To be honest, I haven’t ever tried…

  • Second Portrait!

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    Jay, 6″x6″, oil on paper, 2025 This is an exciting way to end 2025: my first realistic portrait. This is, by far and so far, the best painting that I have completed in my journey to becoming a full time painter, and I am very proud of it. I actually finished it a few days…

  • First Portrait

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    ‘Screamin’ Red,’ 6″ x 8″, oil on paper. I know, it’s a weird first portrait. Good for Halloween, though, yes? This portrait is based upon a photograph from a book entitled “Facial Expressions,” by Mark Simon. I have no idea what the copyright laws are here. This is one of several paintings that I need…

  • BIG IDEA

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    I’m getting way ahead of myself by declaring this idea, but I want to share it now so that you know where I’m headed, and you can decide if you want to keep moving forward with me. This idea will be a blueprint for the direction in which I take my business. It is this:…

  • Beginning

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    A very misleading word, “beginning.” Beginning where? From when? I could say that I am starting to paint now, but I actually started painting when I was…14? I remember the painting very well, and it was terrible. All of the work I made in high school was cringe worthy. The beginning to which I am…