Need general feedback?

You've done a lot of work, which probably has give a lot of joy to a lot of people, including you. If one thing stands out for me, as a comment, or criticism, it would be that you've got parts stronger than the whole in many of the pieces. This is where I can see room for improvement. Usually, when I've seen that happen before, it is when the artist has assembled the image sequentially, working hard on one part before going on to another. So, for example, the eyes, nose and mouth in a portrait would be developed individually, each one well-developed, but the connections between the features, the planes of the face, would be weaker.

And when using color, each object in a composition would be developed in full chroma, but there would be a big difference between the objects and the ground.

The strongest piece, for me, is the picture with Nazli in it. I think because you are working with patterns of light and dark, and there is more continuity through the value passages.

That's about all I could comment on. I wish I was as prolific as you, at this point in my art.

I love your work! Your link worked fine for me. My Two favorite pictures by you were "Tara and Louise" and "Anyone for Strawberries," because they were both extremely realistic. Both almost looked like a photo, and are hard to draw. Even though I am an atheist, I still liked the setup for the picture "Ascension." I liked how it was creative with a hand holding Christ and how Christ was angled correctly. Awesome work!

I have advise that I think will definitely help you. You are a good painter, but I don't think that you've found the right paints to work with. There is an artist by the name of David Stoupakis who uses oil painting, which I think you should try using. Check him out at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emEzA4Qi8ko

or

http://www.davidstoupakis.com/gallery/gallery_oute...

Hi Jay! Im a huge fan! I like'' oldest daughter baby portrait '' better. I couldn't stop staring. I emailed you a few weeks back but i got a '' failure notice '' from yahoo! I just checked.