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Floral Hair Fashion#1

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25 x 19 in. pastel on paper. Just drawn from my head, no model.

Through the Wind Veil

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“Through the Wind Veil” 24×36 oil on panel. Featured in American Art Collector Magazine Nov. 2017 issue.

Draped Girl – Study #1088

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Draped Girl – Study #1088, graphite on paper, 24 x 18 in.

Floral Hair #1055

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Floral Hair #1055, pastel on paper, 25 x 19 in.

Fashion Portrait #1063

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Fashion Portrait #1063, pastel on paper, 25 x 19 in.

Serpent Throne #1073

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Serpent Throne #1073, 25 x 19 in. pastel on tan paper.

Feather Hair Fashion #1068

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Feather Hair Fashion #1068, 40 x 32 in. pastel on mat board.

3/4 To Classical

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3/4 To Classical #1066, 25 x 19 in. pastel on paper.

Evelyn Nesbit #1048

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Evelyn Nesbit #1048, 25 x 19 in. pastel pencil on tan paper. Evelyn Nesbit “The Gibson Girl” model from the golden age, based on Otto Saro photo.

Iris Rest

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Iris Rest #1046, 25 x 17.5 in. pastel (Carbothello pencil) on tan paper.

Magenta Frost

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Magenta Frost #1067, 32 x 31 in. pastel on board.

Softly She Sits

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Softly She Sits #1062, 25 x 19 in. pastel on paper.

Floral Hair Smile

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Floral Hair Smile #1056, 25 x 19 in. pastel pencil on tan paper.

Russian Fashion #1049

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Russian Fashion #1049, 25 x 19 in. pastel on paper.

Finding My Way Home

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Finding My Way Home, pastel on paper, 25 x 19 in.

A Glance by the Edge

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A Glance by the Edge, oil on panel, 24 x 16 in. “Faces of Fashion” series – Gret Mateides

Romeo & Juliet – CD cover

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Original painting 36×36 in. oil on canvas, Varese Sarabande Collection.

Sunset Boulevard – CD cover

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Gloria Swanson. Original painting 36×36 in. oil on panel, Varese Sarabande Collection.

Last Of The Mohicans – CD cover

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Daniel Day Lewis and Madeline Stowe. Original painting 36×36 in. oil on panel, Varese Sarabande Collection.

The Wreath – Kristin Lavransdatter

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The Wreath, Oil on Panel, 40×38 in. 2005 Cover art for Penguin Classics book Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset.

Such A Pale Stare

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Such A Pale Stare, Oil on Panel, 24×16 in. Memory painting.

Ophelia’s Allure

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Ophelia’s Allure, Oil on Panel, 24×13 in. Finalist in Oil Painters of America Salon 2015 Original SOLD

Dreaming Again

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Dreaming Again #993, Oil on Panel, 24×19 in., 2014

Outdoor Bath

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Outdoor Bath, Oil on Panel, 36×24 in. 2014 • Finalist award in Art Renewal Center 2015 Salon Show! • Featured in American Art Collector Magazine, Feb 2015!

Seth MacFarlane – HOLIDAY for SWING

Final cover art painting, 38 x 38 oil on panel I’m so glad to be part of Seth MacFarlane’s latest record, Holiday For Swing! Once again arranged and produced by the great Joel McNeely, and features duets with Sara Bareilles and Norah Jones.

Soft Emergence

oil on panel, 24 x 30 in. SOLD

Summer Vacation

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Summer Vacation, oil on panel, 24 x 49 in. 2014 Featured in American Art Collector Magazine, Dec 2014

Seth MacFarlane album cover

Music Is Better Than Words is the debut album by Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. The album was produced and conducted by film and television composer Joel McNeely, who is also…

Rebecca’s Fault

Rebecca's Fault, by Matthew Joseph Peak

Pastel on paper, 19×25 in. SOLD

Joan Fontaine portrait, for the inside of the soundtrack

Stare

This one of three drawings for the ENCHANTED CREATURES event in Atlanta, GA hosted by Neon Amour. Stare, 2011, charcoal on paper, 18 x 24 in.

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