Nina was one of the winners selected for a free live sketching session and I was thrilled to sketch at her wedding reception at Twin...

In April these beautiful people posed for free fashion sketches in front of Define Art in Cotton Tree where I have some of my art for...

"Nebbia" means "fog" in Italian. This woman is wasting away, disappearing as if in a fog. She looks so frail and thin, moving through the...

This dress. I could no longer fight the urge to paint it. An acrylic study of Blake Lively at the Met Gala in this transforming dress by...

She has left the comfort of the shore and is venturing out to sea. In the distance The Charleston and Monte Pellegrino are still visible....

She has now seated herself on the sand, with a backdrop that includes both The Charleston, which she visited in the previous chapter, and...

She is drawn down the boardwalk towards the stunning Art Nouveau architecture of "The Charleston", built as a bathing establishment in...

First stop upon her arrival, Piazza Mondello, the main square, to take in her surroundings. In front of her, the sea; to the sides, an...

Italian / verb / present tense / third person singular This verb is used in multiple ways in Italian: 1. to stretch out (one's arms etc)...

As a fun and interesting alternative to traditional portraits, I offer custom fashion portraits, drawn with marker on paper, to...

Her stylish outfit contrasts with the derelict background, yet the colours and pose allow her blend in. The colourful graffiti designs...

A moment of vulnerability, being lost in the city and wondering which way to go. Hiding behind her hat, she tries to gather her bearings,...

This painting is set in Vernazza, a town in the Cinque Terre of Italy. It’s full of colourful buildings and mysterious staircases begging...

This orange floral dress with high neck and long sleeves is like a blanket of armour protecting her while she curls into the lounge for...

Over the coming weeks I’ll be writing about my new Lost in the Dress Collection. The title, “Lost in the Dress”, has a double meaning. It...

When it’s all too much she flees to the pier to take flight The right dress, might just catch the wind, and take her away. The wind takes...

At the beginning of college I remember having a rather strict set of fashion rules that I had set out for myself which were within my...

As a kid I remember seeing old pictures of my parents dressed in clownish 70s fashions and asking my mom "How could you wear such...