Washington Mountain Scene

A mountain scene painted for friends at GearTerra.com. 

48 x 36 inches in oil on 1.5 inch thick canvas.

I like to take old black and white photographs as pieces in colorful paintings.   This is a collage of four different photos - the house, car, motorcycle, and the biplane.  The plane is called a Curtis JN-4 Canuck, painted from a photo by Don Parsons, (permission provided).

18 x 24 inch oil on canvas

Old Harley Davidson

Painted from an old black and white photograph.  12 x 9 inches watercolor on watercolor paper.

Battle of the Somme

Scene from the Battle of the Somme documentary.   The battle lasted over 4 months and resulted in over a million killed or wounded.

36 x 48 inches, oil on canvas.

Shackleton Expedition boat watercolor

Recreating an old black and white photo from the Ernest Shackleton expedition into the Antarctic.  9 x 12 inches watercolor and acrylic paint on watercolor paper.

Patio Chair

Just a simple pastel drawing of one of our patio chairs in the back yard.  

9.5 x 12 inches oil pastels on pastel card

East San Jose Hills

My first landscape in oils, This is a scene just east of San Jose, California, up in the hills.  It's a beautiful area.  Donated to the Fine Arts League of Cupertino Fall Fest raffle drawing.

30 x 24 inches in oil on canvas.

Harvest

"Harvest" The wheat harvest in Kansas is a busy time of year when these giant combines cut through the sea of golden wheat. They race to get it done before bad weather comes in. 

24 x 18 oil on canvas.  Sold. 

Two on a Beach

18 x 24 oil on canvas.  Sold.

Abilene Co-Op.

Abilene Co-Op.   I wanted to get back to painting something a little more realistic.   This is from a photo I took of the grain elevator in Abilene, Kansas....very close to the home where Dwight Eisenhower grew up.   The red truck and the guy in the rocking chair are just something additional I added to make it a little more interesting.   16 x 20 acrylic on canvas.  Gift for my dad.

Bass Harbor Lighthouse

“Bass Harbor Lighthouse” From a photo by Xavier Cohen. This photo won Grand Prize in the 2010 National Park Foundation’s “Share the Experience” Photo Contest. This lighthouse was built in 1858 in Bass Harbor, Maine.

24 x30 acrylic on canvas. $540

Connecticut Winter

A winter scene in rural Connecticut.

9" x 12" acrylic on canvas board.  Sold.

Jiufen gold mining town

From a photo I took at Jiufen, in Taiwan.  - Sold at Blossom Street Gallery, Houston.  

30 x 24 acrylic on canvas.

Deer - work in progress

Small painting I did for my daughter.

Acrylic on canvas board.

Climate Change

Just a vision of a clean earth on the left and a messed up earth on the right.

30 x 20 acrylic on canvas. 

Nathan Hale boyhood home

This is where Nathan Hale grew up, in Connecticut.  Acrylic.  This was sold to as an auction item to a group that was raising funds for the upkeep of the Hale home!    One thing that sort of bothers me about this painting...that horse should have had his head down in the grass like most horses do most of the time.