Archive for December, 2009
A Portrait of Nina
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
I’ve had a lot of freelance work on for a couple months now, and that has not allowed me the time to paint very often. As every artist knows, you got to do what you got to do to pay the bills. So, I’ve been designing two websites and designing sets for production companies. You can see examples of my work at my other site, Avenue 3 Design
I have, though, been able to finish up a portrait of my wife. I’ve done a bunch of portraits in pencil and charcoal, but this painting is the first I’ve painted in oils.
Nina | Stephen Springer Davis | 2009
Tags: oil painting, Portrait
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Wouldn’t it be great to be a born genius…
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
My brother Criswell sent me a link to this YouTube video:
To see this charming kid display his natural and amazing ability painting in watercolors is inspiring but depressing. I spent five years working in watercolors and I found it a very difficult. (more…)
Tags: landscape painting
Posted in Talented people | No Comments »
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Hello.
I'm Stephen Springer Davis
I'm a pretty much self-taught and pretty much unknown artist and designer living near Philadelphia. The plan is to tell you about my artwork, why I do it, maybe how I do it, and also about other artists who've inspired me along the way.
My definition of the term "painting" will remain intentionally broad so I can talk about anything that interests me.
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