painting people
Portrait painting needs to be more than just a photo-type likeness. As an artist you have to paint what people think the person looks like.
I always feel the true likeness lives partway between the actual physical face and what we think or feel about that person–like a filter halfway between us.
Our inside perception of a person changes what we see with our eyes.

Wedding Portrait of Helen
This classic wedding portrait was painted in a manner reminiscent of John Singer Sargent as a wedding gift to a family friend known since childhood.




Lili Charles
Portrait of Lili Charles, oil on canvas, 22 x 40 inches, 2013 This is a man I met on Virgin Gorda and he posed while


Downtown Café
acrylic on canvas, 2018, 18 x 42 in. An illustration of a local café scene.




Daniel Wathen, Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court 1992-2001
This large oil portrait of Maine’s Chief Justice Daniel Wathen has a picture of a Harley Davidson rider cleverly concealed in the gleam on one



“Sunday Morning” Langsdorf Family Portrait
Family of Stephen Langsdorf, former city attorney for Augusta, the capitol city of Maine. Although the Lansdorfs live in a house of breathtaking beauty filled

Portrait of Elsie Viles
A commissioned portrait of Elsie Viles for the Elsie and William Viles Charitable Foundation. A companion piece to Portrait of William Viles. oil on canvas,



Portrait of William Viles
A commissioned portrait of William Viles for the Elsie and William Viles Charitable Foundation. A companion piece to Portrait of Elsie Viles. oil on canvas,

Saturday Night at the Bar
22 x 30 inches, 2016
An acrylic painting of a downtown pub, taproom.
Commissioned by The Quarry Taproom, Hallowell, Maine.

Richard and Tricia hosting a masquerade soirée
Large group portraitacrylic on canvas, 30 x 40 inches, 2020
I love these portraits. They convey a mood unique to each painting.