michael chamberlain

I decided to do the DPW Challenge  again. I've had a bad cold the last few days and to be honest it's been tough finding th...

6x6" oil on masonite This is my submission to the DPW Challenge  for this week. In retrospect it would have been easier had I chosen ...

6x6" - oil on masonite I was thinking today about the concept of "favorite artists". I remember when I first started painti...

This is the portrait that kept me up until two in the morning. I mentioned in my previous post that this was a learning experience. I learn...

It's 2am and I've got a bad cold. I started a portrait at 8:30pm and didn't finish until now. No brain cells left! Must sleep....

I saw these at Target and thought they'd be a good challenge. I remember Wise potato chips when I was a kid growing up in New Jersey. ...

6x6" oil on masonite I always thought it would be cool to own a little trailer like this. I've seen the interior of one that was ...

Buy now $90 This is my submission to the  Daily Paintworks Challenge . The challenge was to paint this zippo lighter using only burnt sien...

This is another 12x12" painting. I was so relieved when I finally got this thing mapped out and I could begin laying in the color! The...

My Aunt Claire sent me this antique ice crusher for Christmas about ten years ago. It worked for about a year and then it sort of locked up...

When I finally ran out of eggs I went to Trader Joe's. I usually buy brown eggs but they were sold out. It then occurred to me that ot...

It looks like the little orange bottle might be in trouble! Fellow painter  Denise Rose  was kind enough to send me these really cool bottl...

6x6" oil on Gessobord buy now with PayPal - $100 Well here it is, my first plastic bag painting. It looks as if these apples are caug...

6x6" oil on masonite buy now with PayPal - $100 I remember seeing these things when I was a kid but I never knew they were called ...

I had a tough time getting this photo to look right. I think all the red overloaded my camera! My girlfriend Merci picked out the fabric o...

I've been noticing that drawing is getting a bit easier since I've been doing these daily paintings. Bowls, glasses, mugs, anythin...

This little pitcher is part of my Salvation Army "treasures". I'm finding the key to painting shiny objects is making sure y...

This painting begins a small series where the focus is on shiny ceramic objects. I chose this white teapot first and it may have been the ...

Here's one of the plum paintings I forgot to post. The past few days I've been working on some challenging subjects. The first is ...

I literally dumped the bag on the plate and went for it. Well I did turn the plate a bit. I often spend up to a half an hour getting set u...

I buy my veggies at a place called Mexicana Produce. They have amazing prices (broccoli florets for 69 cents a pound!!) They also have an ...

More apples.. really?! Yes, more apples. I now plan to place them back in the cooler drawer of the refrigerator for safe keeping. I'll...

6x6" oil on masonite buy now with PayPal - $100 Doesn't this look like a family portrait?! Funny how it's possible to see hum...

I found this rose colored glass plate in my dining room cabinet but I'm not sure how it got there. The apples are the ones I picked ba...

Click here to bid I'm hesitant to paint objects with lettering since my results usually look careful and labored over. I figure there...

Click here to bid I usually take my daughter Emma to a place called Fatt Dogg after school on Tuesdays. I realize this may not sound like ...

I thought this was going to be a lot harder to paint than it was. The difficult part was not eating it after staring at it for an hour. My...

I've wanted to paint butter for a while now, but I couldn't think of an inspiring way to do it. Anyway, an idea came to me while m...

Click here to bid Daily Paintworks  has come up with a really fun idea, it's called the " DPW Challenge ". I noticed the cha...

I decided to stick with the glass theme. Clear reflective objects can be such a challenge to paint. There's a lot going on. You've...