Oil on 3/8" Board. Approx 8"x8" SOLD I was waiting to post this one until it was delivered. It went to my friend Kyle. If yo...

Oil on 1/8" Board. Approx 6"x6" SOLD I think this is the last of the Star Wars Legos. Maybe it could be called the trilogy. O...

Oil on 1/8" Board. Approx 6"x6" SOLD I am loving these little Lego Star Wars characters. There might just be one more of thes...

Oil on 1/8" Board. Approx 6"x6" For purchase info, please email michael@mnaples.com Here is this month's challenge painti...

Oil on 1/8" Board. Approx 6"x6" SOLD Another tighter piece. I couldn't pull this one off unless I put the time in to real...

Oil on 1/8" Board. Approx 6"x6" SOLD It felt good to paint this one a little tighter then most lately.

Oil on 1/8" Board. Approx 8"x8" SOLD The second to last commission for the season. I searched through friends and family to g...

Oil on 3/8" Board. Approx 8"x8" SOLD Another commission. I'm not one to eat ice cream that often. Only a few times a year...

Oil on 1/8" Board. Approx 6"x6" For purchase info, please email michael@mnaples.com I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. ...

Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas. Approx 11"x14" Another commission. It was a pleasure painting this one larger because I got to pick...

Oil on 3/8" Board. Approx 8"x8" SOLD Here is this month's challenge painting. It was my turn to choose the subject and I...

Oil on 3/8" Board. Approx 8"x8" SOLD I picked up this cup at a local resale shop. I love this style of mug. I think it's ...

Oil on 3/8" Board. Approx 8"x8" SOLD I bought this jar of preserves specifically to paint. It was more than twice what I woul...

Silly me. I keep forgetting to post about a fantastic review written about my paintings. It was written by Raymond Logan who is a painter t...

Oil on 1/8" Board. Approx 16"x20" SOLD This is the larger/complex commission I have been hinting about in previous posts. Oka...

Oil on 3/8" Board. Approx 8"x8" SOLD Yet another commission. I painted this one a while ago. I'm still making great progr...

Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas. Approx 36"x42" SOLD This is the full size version of the sketch I posted about a month ago. I has b...

Oil on 3/8" Board. Approx 8"x8" SOLD My favorite part of this painting are the two lighter wood stripes on the cutting board...

Oil on 3/8" Board. Approx 8"x8" I was so excited to start this painting. The problem with that is I didn't even make sur...

Oil on 3/8" Board. Approx 8"x8" SOLD

Oil on Board. Approx 8"x3.75" For purchase info, please email michael@mnaples.com I loved the cloud formation and colors in this s...

Oil on 1/8" Board. Approx 6"x6" SOLD Here is another commission. I love to revisit the avocado theme. I have a larger paintin...

Graphite on Strathmore Bristol Board. Approx 6"x6" For purchase info, please email michael@mnaples.com Here is a different offerin...

Oil on 1/8" Board. Approx 6"x6" SOLD This was a challenging painting but I tried to keep the expressiveness in the brush stro...

Oil on 1.5" Gallery Wrap Canvas. Approx 18"x18" SOLD Yet another commission. This time it's of a painting I did a couple ...

Oil on 3/8" Board. Approx 8"x8" SOLD Here is another commission. I was nervous starting this one because I'm not one to p...

Oil on 1/4" Board. Approx 7"x12" SOLD I can't believe another month has gone by. Here is the next challenge painting. The...

Oil on 1/4" Gessoboard. Approx 7"x9" NFS This is a sketch I did for a large commission I received from a wonderful lady in Ok...

Baby Lola is here. Two weeks early but Mother and baby are healthy and home. She was born last Thursday, 9/3 weighing 8lbs. 2oz. Lucy is a p...

Oil on 1/8" Gessoboard. Approx 6"x6" For purchase info, please email michael@mnaples.com I love how the cast shadow from the ...

Oil on 1/4" Gessoboard. Approx 4"x8" SOLD I was in the mood for something colorful yet simple.

Oil on 1/8" Gessoboard. Approx 6"x6" SOLD This is a view from downtown Glen Ellyn. My wife and I spent some time down there t...

Oil on 1/8" Gessoboard. Approx 6"x6" SOLD From sunny sunsets to rainy rainbows. This was my view from my driveway. My main go...

Oil on 1/8" Gessoboard. Approx 6"x6" SOLD This is a photo I took when I was visiting my friends in LA over Memorial Day. They...

Oil on 1/8" Gessoboard. Approx 6"x6" SOLD This is a building in downtown Wheaton. I have really enjoyed summer nights on the...

Oil on 1/8" Gessoboard. Approx 8"x8" SOLD Here is the next challenge painting. The subject this time was an unmade bed.

Oil on 1/8" Board Approx 6"x6" SOLD I love how you can see both halves of the avocado reflected in the blue bowl even though ...

Oil on 1/8" Board Approx 6"x6" SOLD I got really brushy with this one. I like, though.

Oil on 1/8" Board Approx 8"x8" SOLD This poor little lemon. About to get sliced and diced. He sure will taste good squeezed i...

Oil on 1/8" Board Approx 6"x6" SOLD This is a church from downtown Elmhurst. It is a older upscale neighborhood. We were visi...

Oil on 1/8" Board Approx 6"x6" SOLD Here is the second Alaska painting. What a perfect shot of the glowing cruise ship next t...

Oil on 1/4" Board Approx 4"x8" For purchase info, please email michael@mnaples.com From palm trees to an Alaskan sunset. A co...

Oil on 1/8" Gessoboard Approx 6"x6" SOLD Another shot from LA. I don't get to see many palm trees. Maybe every few of yea...

Oil on 3/8" Gessoboard (this board has a hanger groove notched in the back) Approx 8"x8" SOLD This painting kind of had a slo...

Oil on 1/8" Gessoboard. Approx 6"x6" SOLD This is a scene from LA when I was there over Memorial Day weekend. I was driving i...

Oil on 1/8" Gessoboard. Approx 6"x6" SOLD The whole time I was painting this I kept thinking about an artist's blog that ...

Oil on 1/8" Gessoboard. Approx 6"x6" SOLD Here is the next challenge painting. This time it was my turn to choose the subjec...

Oil on 1/8" Gessoboard. Approx 6"x6" SOLD This darn utility pole again. I love it tough. I could walk out into my backyard an...

Oil on 1/8" Gessoboard. Approx 6"x6" SOLD A little different take on the same strawberry. I have never painted a strawberry i...

Oil on 1/8" Gessoboard. Approx 6"x6" SOLD Simple but detailed today. I really enjoyed painting this strawberry. From the refl...