by houstonwine | Jul 16, 2021 | Paintings, People, Uncategorized
I recently finished a commission portrait of the Reverend Samuel Parris. He was the Puritan minister in Salem Village, Massachusetts. His daughter and niece were the first girls who began to act strangely and claimed to have been possessed by witches. Parris, in many...
by houstonwine | Jun 10, 2021 | Paintings, People
My latest oil painting. “A Marvelous Time” was inspired by the lyrics in Taylor Swift’s song, “The Last Great American Dynasty”. Her song tells the tale of the eccentric millionaire socialite, Rebekah Harkness who “had a marvelous time ruining everything.”...
by houstonwine | Sep 4, 2020 | Paintings, People
Supper at Ursula, by Mary LaGarde, oil on canvas, 60″ x 48″ I believe that art should tell a story and it should elicit an emotional response in the viewer. I was shocked by our government’s decision to separate families at the border and to house...
by houstonwine | Apr 21, 2019 | People
I dedicated this self-portrait to Italian Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1656). Gentileschi was the first woman to enroll at the Art Academy in Florence (Accademia di Arte del Disegno). Gentileschi was heavily influenced by the techniques of Caravaggio. ...
by houstonwine | Nov 26, 2018 | People
I met the world’s most interesting man at the recent Figurative Art Convention & Expo in Coral Gables, Florida. Irv Rudley is a man of many careers and accomplishments. He has been a gymnast, a B25 bomber mechanic in the Korean war, a...
by houstonwine | Aug 14, 2018 | Paintings, People
Mary LaGarde has completed her latest painting. This one is an oil portrait of her granddaughter Genevieve and her grandson Lucas. As with most of her paintings, Mary used painting techniques, oils, and varnishes that match as closely as possible...
