Art

Selected paintings

Currently represented by Jack Meier Gallery.

Well on his way toward becoming one of the most skilled still life painters in the country. His unique still life compositions tap the curiosity of viewers on the shoulder — catching our interest in a striking, powerful way.

— Brian Sherwin, art critic and editor of The Art Edge — FineArtViews Featured Artists

Process

The same hands that make the screens make the paintings. Studio shots and a mental model from the practice that anchors everything.

Animated GIF of a hand painting a portrait of a chocolate Labrador on canvas — A commission in progress — a chocolate lab portrait, mid-brush.

Zac at the easel with headphones, drawing an initial pencil sketch on a fresh canvas before paint — At the easel, drawing the underdrawing before paint. Headphones on, the way most pieces start.

A glass palette with arrays of pre-mixed oil paint — flesh tones across the top, neutral greys through the middle, blues and umbers along the bottom — A working palette — flesh tones top, greys through the middle, blues and umbers below. Color-string mixing before any brush touches the canvas.

A line chart titled 'Improvement in Painting' showing three curves — ability to see, actual technical skill, and perceived technical skill — over time, with green highlights marking periods of frustration — The mental model behind it — "ability to see" gets ahead of technical skill, which is where the work is.