I was in Prison

So I have started yet another in the series “The Face of Love” and I wanted to show you. This is called “I was in Prison and you visited me” and Samantha and I are the models for this. I have a special place in my heart for inmates because of...

I Was Naked…

When Jesus said “I was naked and you clothed me” I wonder what he meant? This painting is a scene from a real life experience that I witnessed. This lady came up to us at Mac Arthur park and was not really dressed for the cold day she found herself in. It...

I Was Sick…

I am getting closer to being finished with this. I had put it aside for about two months when I took a vacation from work and spent a couple of days at the painting room at Cal Lutheran where I am attending. It was great to be with a bunch of art students for a couple...
About chasing rabbits

About chasing rabbits

Creativity. I have spent some time teaching small children. It seems to me that the younger someone may be, the more likely one is to raise their hand to the question, Who in this room is an artist? As a child, there is little to lose in being creative. As we...

…Ain’t what she used to be.

Last March, my grandmother turned 99. We had a BBQ in celebration, which is what we have done for the past 8 years thinking, “This may be her last birthday”. This morning, I was visiting her and decided to do a painting of her while she watched the television. Her...

Laguna Plein Air Painters Association

Sonoma Steeple 16″ x 20″Laguna Plein Air Painters Assn The letter I received today says…”CONGRATULATIONS! You have been juried into the 2nd Annual Best of Plein Air” The painting that you see above is the one selected. There were over 150...

Vincent

I have been painting in watercolors most of my life. I have also created many commercial art-works digitally “painting” them on the computer. Here is one of my first oil paintings. It was done in the summer of 2001. It is a loose copy of one of my favorite...

Below Deck

Below Deck (16 x 20 – on canvas) – 1.5.2003 The amazing thing about living here in So Cal is the weather. Today it was over 80 degrees and we went to the beach again. Tomorrow will be in the upper 80’s and it is the first week of January! This was an...

Walk this Way

Walk This Way (16 x 20 – on canvas) – 12.31.2002 I made it to San Onofre this morning. We got there just as the tide was going back out and the surf was getting slightly bigger. I had a lot of fun meeting a lot of the locals today. I had one lady walk up...