Paintings by Dave

A Bowl of Tomatoes 2025 Oil on canvas 10 inches by 12 inches (25 cm by 20 cm) It's a small canvas, but I put a lot of work into this picture: 11 different sessions over more than two months, according to my notebooks - working the details by letting each layer of paint dry before adding more. I know that's how oil painting is supposed to be done - but I'm usually not that patient, so I don't usually get this level of detail in my paintings, ha ha! And how about that bulb of garlic!

  Double Espresso 2025 Oil on canvas 30 by 24 inches (76 cm by 61 cm) The owner of my favourite coffee shop, making my coffee. The amount of detail was daunting at first - I worked from a photo - but I think I managed to pull it off. I gave it to her as a surprise gift - she was delighted! And then she had a surprise for me: they used my painting on billboard ads for the coffee shop. My first public exhibit, and it was 10 feet tall!