Italy From Afar
Saturday, March 28, 2009
I’ve begun a series of paintings based on my daughter and son-in-law’s trip to Italy last fall. This all-too-familiar canal scene from Venice was my attempt to capture some of the elegant, Old
Freezing Up
Friday, March 6, 2009
This winter has been a harsh one, eh, global warming? Although I attempted to paint this scene on site, I have to admit I wimped out when my toes and fingers started “freezing up.” Back at the
Almost Frozen
Thursday, February 19, 2009
These barns are boring as anything, except at sunset. I drive by them with some frequency, and keep telling myself, “You’ve got to come back here sometime when the sun is going down.” Well, one
Old Stone Church
Saturday, January 31, 2009
This painting brings back all kinds of good memories. In the summer of 2004 my wife and I had the opportunity to visit friends in England. A totally out-of-the-ordinary vacation, to be sure. They
Hold That Tiger
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Trying to come up with a dramatic animal painting, I went through multiple disks of my photos looking for something to spark my creativity. I stumbled across a shot taken at our zoo that had