Hi
Thought I'd start with a self portrait.  Although not a recent one, I did this about a year and a half ago for an online class I was taking.

I specialize in painting horses in scenes rather than portraits, however, my four legged models sometimes want their two legged companions included, so I have spent considerable time and energy practicing painting portraits in past years. And yes, I usually make my people a few years younger and if they like slimmer, a policy I started many years ago after making my mother in law look older than she was, during a painting demonstration.
No I didn't make this fellow thinner.

Today I'm drawing a cartoon for my first monthly email newsletter. This newsletter will be about hanging paintings. And hopefully will be sent out Oct. 11th. Click here if you would like to subscribe to my newsletter. You must subscribe to receive the e-newsletter, and of course you can unsubscribe at any time.

October newsletter cartoon on hanging paintings:

Present Paintings: I'm presently working on a Ranch Rodeo series in oils, more about that in my next post.