Todd M. Casey - Fine Art

I recently finished this painting, sending it off to the gallery! "Berman's Tree" Oil on Board 8 x 10 2012

I just completed this painting of a Blue Ballet Squash. The color of the squash struck me so I just had to buy it and paint it. It is hanging in the Albright Gallery in Concord MA. If you're in the lovely town of Concord, stop in a and check out the gallery, its right on Main St in Concord Center...  "Blue Ballet" Oil on Canvas 9 x 12 2012

I will be in the December 2012 Issue of The Artists Magazine as I placed in the 29th Annual Artists Magazine Annual Art Competition this year with an Honorable Mention in the Still Life/Floral category. There is a small article written about me and some tips for painting.

Sending this one off to the gallery McColl Fine Art Gallery in Charlotte North Carolina. Stop by if you have a chance, its a beautiful gallery. http://www.mccollfineart.com/ "Pumpkin with Books and Letters" 11 x 14 Oil on Canvas

I've been having fun doing these 3 hour quick paintings.  "Linda" Oil on Hardboard, 8 x 10

I was fortunate enough take Ted Minoff and Travis Schlaht's workshop this past week. We focused on doing 3-6 hour studies that could be taken back to the studio to do longer portraits. Below are 2 of the many paintings that I did in the workshop. "Ennis" Oil on Panel 9 x 12 "Mariella" Oil on Panel 7" x 10"

This past year I have been able to paint with a small group of professional artists in Maynard MA. While teaching, I wanted to take them through the step by step process that I had learned at The Water Street Atelier. Below is each step in this   process for doing a still life painting. The Drawing : this is the most essential part of the whole process. I use my drawing (done from life) to recreate the 3 dimensional world on my 2 dimensional paper. I'm mapping over the set up so many times that I become really familiar with the objects and the orientation of the light to the objects. Transfer to Canvas : In this step, I get a printout of my drawing to scale, and do a paint transfer to canvas. Essentially its rubbing paint on the back of paper and then applying the paper over the canvas. I use a ball point pen over the printout to push the paint onto the canvas. when my drawing is transferred and dry, I go back in and do a open grisaille. This is done usually in on...

I'm posting a Still Life painting that I completed a little while back. I was able to get it professionally shot and now I can post it. "Globe with Pipe and Letters"

Here is a new drawing on toned paper, heightened with White Chalk. Its of my father, the painting is in progress and I'll post it soon.

From time to time I'm able to drop in on Max's class and paint with him. He's the best teacher I've had because he's so caring for all of his students. Here is another 2 hour oil sketch done on Hardboard from his class at the Art Students League.

Here are a few of the oil painting sketches I enjoy doing. They range from 2-3 hours in length, and I try to keep them loose like Sargent. All are done on hardboard.  Todd

Just found out I was a finalist for the RayMar Art Contest for my painting "Books with Book and Letters". Again, I'm humbled to be in such good company and to have been picked as a finalist. Warren Chang was the judge for this month. Here are his comments: Judge's Comments:   Wonderful feeling of movement of light, beautifully rendered. The lone intense red effectively acts as a strong accent of color. - Warren Chang Here is a link to the finalists and winner. http://www.raymarartcontest.com/winners/81 Todd

Here is a painting that I just finished for a book. Also below is the color study. I was trying not to show the skull in the Vanitas painting and worked the idea of the shadow coming in from out of the frame. Ultimately, I ended up canning the idea and went with something a little more traditional. Best, Todd

I'm pleased to write that I won a Merit Award for my still life titled "Bottles with Books and Letters" in this years Salon International 2012. This years judging was done by Edward Minoff.

I've been experimenting with different toned papers and such. This drawing is done on Strathmore Drawing Paper, that I toned with shellac and graphite powder. The size of the drawing is roughly 8.5 x 11. It was completed in one sitting and roughly 6 hours.

Here is the newest Still Life I just finished up. It took a few different tries to get the right setup, but was happy with the end result. I'm also attaching 2 studies that I did for it, one that ended up being the final, and the other a compositional study. "Bottles with Book and Letters" 9' x 17' Oil on Linen 2011 "Study 1:  Book with Bottles Green Pumpkin" 5 x 7 Oil on Canvas Panel 2011 "Study 2: Bottles with Books and Letters" 4' x 7' Oil on Hardboard 2011