Acrylic on panel, 36 by 72 inches, 2018

Saint Simons Island, Georgia is an incredible beauty. Calm and relaxing, the continental shelf extends for miles so that there is little surf. The waves gently lap at the shore. Here is a January sunrise, the sun is still below the horizon and the sky is ablaze in color.

Acrylic on panel, 18 X 24 inches, 2022

This is a hard-to-find spot, (and very hard to get to during a sunset), on the Southwest corner of Mt Desert Island in Maine. This lighthouse is at a long dead-end street with only about 15 parking spaces. The viewer or photographer has to climb out onto the slippery rocks in the water to get this view. As you can see, the view is incredible.

Acrylic on panel, 18 x 24 inches, 2021

Acadia National Park in Maine offers some of the most amazing coastal scenery on the east coast. Once a summer playground for the wealthy industrialist families of the Victorian age such as Rockefeller, Pulitzer, Proctor, Vanderbilt, Ford, Carnegie, Astor, and Mellon and many others. They were attracted to Mt Desert Island by the 1850s paintings produced by the Hudson (River) School of realistic landscape painters in New York. This portion of the island is especially popular for its winding, climbing path along the cliffs on the southeastern part of the island. As the coast is mostly rocky, the water here is clear instead of the muddy/sandy water along most of the east coast. Though not very evident in this scene, all the rock faces on Mount Desert are scarred from the glaciers of the last ice age. This part of the Maine Coast was covered by over a mile thick layer of ice.

Acrylic on canvas, 18 x 24 inches, 2022

Schoodic Point is within the boundary of Acadia National Park, but is not on Mt Desert Island. It is on the peninsula just to the east of Mount Desert Island. Most visitors to Maine go no further east/north along the Mine coast than Mt Desert. Schoodic point has some great views without the crowds. This is just before the sun set and most of the rocks are already in the shadow from the higher elevations off the beach. I took nearly 100 photos trying to get the perfect composition of the water splashing in the light. The wave glistening in the bright sunset has great energy and motion.

Acrylic on panel, 32 x 36 inches, Private Collection

An early summer morning view of a simple cloud off of Saint Simons Island. The calm water and slowly drifting cloud reflects the relaxation of Island Life.

Acrylic on panel, 18 X 36 inches, 2022

This was a view of the waters in the Fischer Island Sound just east of the tip of Long Island just south of Mystic and Stonington Connecticut. The view is from the Block Island Ferry operating out of New London Connecticut. The sun was low as this shot was in the early morning before the winds kicked up. nearing sunset. The sun reflecting off the gentle waves was irresistible. I did this in a more loose style to make it more representative than photo-realistic.

Acrylic on panel, 18 x 24 inches, 2022, On loan to the Doyal collection, Stonington, CT

Honorable Mention at the Mystic Art Museum’s “Building Bridges” exhibit in Fall, 2022.

Since I first saw it in the mid-1980’s, the Mystic River Bridge has always impressed me with its sturdy iron construction. I took the photograph in April 2022 specifically to paint it for the 100th anniversary of the bridge being in service in downtown Mystic, Connecticut. I love the various shades of grey against the bright blue sky. Painted for the 2022 Mystic Outdoor Art Festival, the theme of which is the 100 year anniversary of the bridge.

Acrylic on Panel, 16 x 20 inches, 2018, Private Collection

Painted from a photo on the Gloucester, MA peninsula, this is a timeless waterfront scene that could be from just about any coast in North America. II love the aged shingle siding with faded and weathered paint where at least the last coat was poorly applied. This could be from anytime in the late 19th century through today. The sunset reflected in the window really was that dramatic. I only had to “clean” some dirt off the window to better show the reflection and to replace a small fan in the window with a clear pane of glass.

Acrylic on Canvas, 36 x 56 inches, 2018, Private Collection, Denver, CO.

The Maroon Bells are just outside of Aspen, Colorado and are some of the most photographed peaks of the Colorado Rockies. This was commissioned as a wedding gift.

Acrylic on panel, 39.5 x 48 inches, 2018.

A deep pool of water below a small waterfall in the same stream in the Finger Lakes as the scenes for “Cool Water I” and “Cool Water II”. This is the reflection of a sliver of sky and trees deep in the gorge right around noon when the sunlight actually reaches to the bottom of the gorge. The waterfall is a few feet to the lower right of the shot.

Acrylic on Panel, 48 x 12 inches, 2018.

The Finger Lakes region of New York is chock full of farms, rolling hills, vineyards, waterfalls and of course each lake with its unique charm. We try to do a trip each summer and this past summer I finally captured some of the lakeside charm on my camera. Hope to be doing more paintings like this throughout the year. This scene is between Owasco Lake and Skaneateles Lake. The clean country air lends to great sunset colors.

Acrylic on panel, 36 x 42 inches, private collection Atlanta, GA. 2017

The client wanted a warm English country scene. The Cotswolds were a great choice and eventually Castle Combe was chosen. Lacking Castle Combe images in my collection, I ended up using about ten images from the Internet as well as Google Street view to determine the details in this large painting.

Acrylic on canvas, 24 by 60 inches, 2015, private collection.

It is hard to imagine, but this peaceful scene is about 18 miles from downtown Washington DC. Just south of Great Falls, on the North Shore of the Potomac River in Maryland. The C & O Canal widens in this area and these rocks in the large basin have wonderful light just before sunrise in the summer.

Acrylic on canvas, 12 x 16 inches, 2018 Private collection

Saint Simons Island, Georgia, USA has a wide variety of landscapes. This is the inland marshland on a cold and blustery January 1st. It was during a full moon with winds contributing to the high tides. Someday I may do a larger version of this scene.

Acrylic on Canvas, 24 x 36” inches, 2017

Honorable Mention, June 2023 Landscape shoe, Art League Gallery @ Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA.

Late summer, Finger Lakes Region of New York State in a drought. A stream in a slot canyon cut through the local shale. The stream was down to a trickle when I took this. The sun is directly overhead with sunlit trees and the sky peaking through the dense forest. The reflection of the trees and sky combined with the moss on the rocks made a wonderful scene.

Acrylic on panel, 16 inches by 36 inches, 2017

Cool Water I and II are from photos taken several feet apart in the Finger Lakes region of New York. I went back there this summer (2017) and may have few more paintings to complete before I am done with Fillmore Glen State Park.

Acrylic on Panel, 18 by 30.5 inches.

Shore of St Michaels, Maryland at dusk. St Michaels is on the Eastern Shore peninsula of Maryland on the Chesapeake Bay. It has a great maritime museum that I need to visit.

Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 36 inches,

Scene in LaMaddalena, Italy from a slide I took in 1987. LaMaddalena is on the northeast coast of the island of Sardinia. It is a relatively remote archipelago (group of islands) with amazing scenery.

Acrylic on canvas, 12 inches by 48 inches, private collection, Atlanta, GA. USA.

Saint Simons Island is one of the jewels of the Georgia (USA) coast. With the very long stretch of the Atlantic continental shelf extending for miles, the waves never really get that high unless in a bad storm. It pays to be lowly friends (or relatives) of people in high places. The feeling of bare feet on sand as the water gently bubbles to shore.

Acrylic on wood panel, 29 x 48 inches, 2020, Private collection, Westport, CT

I photographed this image during a September 2020 trip to Saint Simons Island, Georgia. Nearby Darien, GA is a small shrimping port and a week before the trip, a major storm had blown through the area and severely damaged the Darien shrimping docks. The damaged docks, weather beaten boat and immense tidal marsh add a melancholy counterpoint to the Kodachrome “happy” sky. There are only three things altered from the original photograph. I changed the boat trim color from a light blue to red, backdated the shrimp boat by removing modern electronics and antennas and renamed the boat.

Acrylic on Gessobord, 36 x 24 Inches, 2023

I believe this is the open water just off of New London Connecticut. Taken from the Block Island to New London ferry just as the sun was setting. The hot summer day had a created a gentle haze over the water.

Acrylic on wood panel, 48 x 20 inches, 2021

From a photo taken at the same location as “Old Trap Floats”, a simple composition of crab trap floats weathering on the side of a store on Smith Island in the Chesapeake Bay.

Acrylic on wood panel, 48 x 20 inches, 2019, Private Collection

Although it is bright and cheery, this image was taken on Smith Island in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay on the now closed general store and restaurant. Life on Smith Island becomes harder each year as the bounty of crab and oysters continues to dwindle while at the same time the island is slipping back into the water due to subsidence and rising water levels. I did cheat and replace a few less interesting floats with some more colorful ones.

Acrylic on Gessobord, 18 x 24 inches, 2022, Private collection, Virginia

One of my favorite pictures of old boats at pier side, I believe this was in Gloucester, Massachusetts. I loved the drips of paint on the faded bow and the way the sunlight reflected off the water onto the lower side of the boat. The faded, worn hull was contrasted by the bright blue sky reflected in the water. The multiple reflections of the waterline numbers made a great detail.

Acrylic on panel, 2022, 24 x 36 inches, Private collection, Connecticut.

In this painting, I found a stack of weathered and forlorn double and triple pulley block and tackle with some rope helping to hold the pile together. The scene is from Eastport, Maryland, a famous part of Annapolis, Maryland marine landscape. It is near noon with the summer sun beating directly overhead to provide the high contrast with deep shadows, The wood had a sheen from polished by the years of wear.

Acrylic on panel, 2019, 18 x 24 inches, Private Collection, Atlanta.

I renamed and backdated the oyster buy boat, “J Roberts Bateman” for the customer as well as the buildings of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum to create a large oyster house scene right after a late afternoon rain storm.

Acrylic on Panel, 24.25 x 48.25 inches, 2018, Private Collection, Washington, DC

Best in Show, Art League Gallery at Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA. March 2019 open show.

This seems to be the last trawler operating out of this marina at the southwestern tip of Chincoteague Island, Virginia, USA. It has seen better days, but that is what gives this vessel charm. The sunset is not exaggerated one bit. I did swap a small sailboat with a work boat to balance out the painting. I also deleted part of the pier in the background.

Despite a decent breeze, there were mosquitos everywhere, I had to run from shot-to-shot to keep from being eaten alive.

Acrylic on Panel, 2020, 30 X 29.25 inches

Often I will take a photo knowing some day, it will be part of a larger piece. In this case, it was a photo of the well weathered port lamp at the 2014 tall ship gathering in Baltimore Maryland. Almost two years later I had the idea, I just needed a picture of a cat with the right attitude and at the right angle. Getting the picture took until the beginning of the COVID 19 quarantine in 2020. I added a third photo of some distant thunderheads near sunset.

The painting tells the story of ship’s cats that roamed the vessel mostly at night to keep rats and mice at bay. This cat on a vessel in port is watching the sunset and preparing for the night’s hunt. The ship and cat have both seen better days, the cat is lean, slightly scarred and a good hunter. Lucky is the sailor on a cold winter night whom the cat picks to sleep with after the hunt.

Acrylic on Panel, 12” x 48”, 2018, Private Collection, Virginia.

This is a chilly Fall day scene at the docks of the Inn at Perry Cabin in St. Michaels, Maryland. St Michaels is on the Eastern Shore of the Delaware, Maryland, Virginia peninsula. The fog was just lifting on a calm, cloudless day. The Inn has a small collection of beautiful boats with blue hulls.

Acrylic on panel, 14" by 22", (Private Collection, Atlanta, GA)

Whimsical combination of animal portrait and trompe l'oeil. Everything you see is painted except the shadows on the wall.

Acrylic on Panel, 18 x 24”, Private Collection

Commission as a memorial. This was produced from a grainy, less detailed iPhone photo.

Acrylic on panel, 10” x 10”, (Private Collection, Atlanta, GA.)

“Cody” on the Beach at Saint Simon’s Island, Georgia. I modified the image by replacing the boring chew toy with a shell and moved the surf into the picture to enhance the background. His tongue was corrected for color and shortened after this photo was taken.

Acrylic on panel, 11 x 14 inches, Private collection, Northern Virginia

As are most of the pet portraits I create, this was a gift. I worked from an iPhone photo of Bear sleeping. I then asked what Bear’s favorite toy was so I could customize the painting a bit more. The portrait is of Bear forever dreaming of his favorite toy.

Acrylic on panel, 10 inches by 12 inches, $350

One of a litter of ten puppies up for adoption in Eastern Market, Washington DC one weekend. I can’t recall the breed, but I had to get out of there fairly quickly to prevent me from taking this little man home.

Acrylic on panel, 12 inches by 16 inches, private collection, North Carolina.

I’ve always loved greyhounds, and this one and his brother were not skittish. Job well done by his adopted parents (he like many greyhounds was rescued from the racetracks.)

Acrylic on panel, approx 13 x 15inches, private collection New Orleans, LA.

A memorial to the cutest, bravest little man. Hercules weighed 3 pounds and stood his own against his "sister", Rosie, a 120 pound English Mastiff.

"Nina" 5" by 8", acrylic on canvas panel, Private collection, Seattle, WA, 2019

I was able to use the client’s iPhone photo of her sister’s cat for a surprise Christmas present. Such small paintings can be easily sent via mail and start at $150.

Acrylic on Panel, 24 x 48 inches

The first of what I hope will be a series of idioms come to life. The eternal question of “Which came first?” with an added twist. This is a whimsical combination of seven images and was a delight to create.

Acrylic on scroll cut panel, roughly 16 X 26 inches, 2019, Private collection

This piece was made for a specific show dealing with the power of imagery created by books. Although the images are from the movie, “Wizard of Oz”, similar imagery could be created in the reader’s mind. I created the design, cut the plywood to shape with a jigsaw and then painted the image. The resulting work is popular with kids and adults alike. I want to create a series of “books” like this for use in children’s rooms.

Acrylic on panel, 16 by 20 inches, private collection.

A rather simple picture of the building on the "paper" is taped to the faux brick wall.  For fun, I made the blue tape peel away in the upper left hand corner, as well as having been "taped" to the wall in a crooked manner.

Acrylic on panel, 16 x 20 inches

Everything you see is painted. Note the grasshopper sitting on the picture frame as well as the blue fabric hanging out of the "painting" and into the frame.

Acrylic on panel, 16 by 20 inches, Collection of the artist. 

A still life painting of some Italian related ingredients in a faux painted frame.  Note the flower and green onions break the plane of the painting and cover part of the frame.

Acrylic on wood panel, 24 x 36 inches, 2019, Private Collection, Virginia

Opposed to the calm energy of “Koi I”, this shows roughly the same group of Koi that were spooked by something. During an overcast and drizzly day, you can see the reflection of the clouds in the water as well as a few bubbles created by the raindrops.

Acrylic on panel, 32 x 48 inches.

The first of what will become a series. I have always loved Japanese gardens, water features and Koi. A recent trip to San Diego included a stop at Balboa Park’s Japanese Garden during a gentle drizzle. Since Southern Californians are afraid of any precipitation, we had the place to ourselves.

Acrylic on Gessobord, 18 x 24 inches, 2023

Another painting of the koi at the Japanese Peace Garden in San Diego’s Balboa Park. I added the Japanese Maple leaf to balance the scene. There is a light drizzle and the clouds and trees are reflected in the water.

Acrylic on panel, 11.25 x 16.75 inches, Private collection.

A single Koi swimming in calm water after the rain clouds have started to clear.

Acrylic on Panel 24 x 36 inches, 2019.

While walking the narrow beach below the cliffs in Encinitas, California waiting on the sunset, my eye was drawn to these colorful large pebbles bouncing in the surf near high tide. The sun was low on the horizon giving the scene a warm glow. You can see the reflection of the sky, clouds and cliffs in some of the larger rocks. This was a great study of wet, reflective surfaces and in trying to portray crystal clear water rolling over the rocks. It took me a while to come up with a method to portray the bubbles in the water. You can almost hear the clacking of the rocks as they tumble together in the waves…

Acrylic on Canvas, 46 by 54 inches, 2015.

I plan on doing a whole series of reflections in water.

Acrylic on Gessobord, 16 X 20 inches, 2020

Crates of fresh peaches at Gaughers Farmer’s Market in Westminister, Maryland.

Acrylic on Gessobord, 16 x 20 inches, 2023

Basket of peaches at the Baugher’s Farmer’s market in Westminster, Maryland.

Acrylic on canvas, 36 inches x 39 inches, (Private Collection, damaged beyond repair)

The client presented me with a nearly black and white picture of the piglets with a black background. The result was a combination of 13 images to create the story.

Acrylic on Panel, 24.5 X 48 inches, 2017.

Great Heron or Snowy Egret, (I'm not a bird watcher and can't identify it.) I think I took the photo along the Potomac River in the Washington DC area, but really I can't even remember exactly where I was.. I like how the bird was back lit on a bright cloudless day and the blue sky just reflected off the water.

Acrylic on canvas, 18" by 24", (Private collection, Washington DC)

Commissioned piece, I composed this from several photographs.

Acrylic on panel, 24 by 18 inches, (Private collection, New Orleans)

This piece was commissioned after the customer saw the painting "African Elephants" on my web page and then remembered some photos they took while on safari in South Africa. This was presented as a wedding gift to the bride and was her favorite of all the wedding gifts.

Acrylic on panel, 18 by 24 inches, 2016

A combination of two photos taken on the same day on the OW&D rail trail in metro DC. The background is an old but at the time still operating feed mill that was located on the OW&D railroad. The Dodge Lancer in a brilliant blue was on a rack just off the trail in downtown Leesburg, Virginia.

Acrylic on canvas, 24" by 36", 1998

Clay vessels stacked in a Pompeii house. I don’t know if they have moved these, but it seemed odd to have the priceless artifacts stacked in a corner of a house in an active earthquake and volcano area.

24 x 36 inches, acrylic on panel.

From our front yard, using my macro lens, I captured this lily after spraying it with water. The water helps hold the flower still in slight breezes to get a good photo. That’s a whole bunch of water drops! This is the first of the large format floral works.

24 x 24 inches, acrylic on cradled wooden panel

One of our more prolific lilies from our garden. This shows some of first blooms of the season with plenty of buds in the wings.

24 x 24 inches, Acrylic on panel

Another flower from our tiny front yard, once again I had to spray it down a bit to keep it from swaying in the breeze for a long exposure. A long exposure is required with the lens set to f 32 to keep everything in focus. Even with a bright sunny day, this requires a tripod and timed shutter release to minimize vibrations.

10 x 10 inches, Acrylic on panel.

Simple composition of a single rose in the shade. From the artist's garden.

10 x 10 inches, acrylic on panel.

Ripening in the sun in late summer, these white wine grapes looked great with the wilted leaf in the foreground.

10 x 10 inches, acrylic on panel. Private Collection

I don’t know this flower’s name nor where I took the photo. I liked doing a study of a mass of flowers.

10 x 10 inches, Acrylic on Panel.

Simple composition from the artist's garden.

10 x 10 inches, Acrylic on panel,

White Lotus from a cool August afternoon at the New Orleans Botanical Gardens. I love how the flower is reflected by the water and the various shapes and colors of the pads.