Catoosa County Barn - in progress

16" x 20" acrylic on stretched canvas
$240 when completed

This old barn stands beside Cherokee Valley Road in Catoosa County, GA, between Ringgold, GA, and Chattanooga, TN. An old photo shows it in early Fall, but I want to paint it as Spring arrives. There will be several more photos taken before I decide on the final color palette.

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Glen Delough, County Wicklow, Ireland

11" x 14" oil on stretched canvas
$130

This is another in a series of paintings of our trip to Ireland.

In County Wicklow, there is an ancient monastic settlement. Round towers, grave stones, waterfalls and eerie beauty greet you at every turn.

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My Little Blue Boat

8" x 10" x 1/2" acrylic on gallery wrap canvas
$75

I don't really have a little blue boat and I don't live near the ocean. But sometimes it's nice to take a daydream ride and let the sea breeze blow through my mind.

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Blasket Islands in Ireland

16" x 20" oil on stretched canvas
$240

This is another in a series of Ireland inspired paintings. The Blasket Islands are wild, windswept and "other worldly". We made lots of photos and I referenced several postcards and other images for this piece. The sky and water colors were very dark the day we were there, so I imagined a lighter atmosphere.

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Beeing There - completed

10" x 8" acrylic on canvas covered hardboard
$65

This small clump of cattails had been bypassed for years until I discovered it right beside my parking space at the Post Office. Apparently I had not taken the time to "stop and smell the morning glories".

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Hope for Spring

8" x 10" x 1/2" acrylic on gallery wrap canvas
$75

Standing now as only a skeleton, this tree in my back yard awaits Springtime with its costume of colors.

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Reedy Veil

10" x 8" acrylic on canvas covered hardboard
$75

This was previously posted on my blog in December, '06. Since I'm somewhat under the weather at present, I hope everyone doesn't mind a little stroll down memory lane.

A digital photo of cattails was my inspiration for this work. I'm also using the same set of photos as basis for another work in progress - "Beeing There".

I should be back at the easel before too much longer.

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Beeing There - progressing

10" x 8" acrylic on canvas covered hardboard
$65 when completed

Working from a photo can be limiting - if I let it be.

The photo is a guide - sometimes tight and inflexible but more often just a skeleton I use to hang layers of color. As I watch the colors interplay, the painting begins telling me what it wants to portray.

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watercolor study - untitled SOLD

8.75" x 8.25" watercolor on 120 lb paper
$25 SOLD

Working with light and shadows, watercolors give unlimited effects.

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Closer to the Fire

14" x 11" x 1/2" acrylic on gallery wrap canvas
$120 - completed work

The reds, yellows and orange pigments in this painting seem to give a warmth all their own.

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Beeing There - in progress

10 " x 8" acrylic on canvas covered hardboard
$65 when completed

Just as I was taking a photo of cattails and morning glories, a bumble bee lit on one of the blooms.

I thought I'd work on a Spring subject, hoping that will speed things along toward warmer weather.

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Closer to the Fire - in progress

14" x 11" x 1/2" acrylic on gallery wrap canvas
$120 when completed

The reds, yellows and warm browns on my palette seemed to be shouting for a space on the canvas. I don't paint many abstracts, but just working on this one made me feel warm.

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Grass Dancer - SOLD

8" x 10" x 1/2" acrylic on gallery wrap canvas -
SOLD, thanks Lourdes! -

It was the job of the grass dancers to flatten the grass in the arena before a powwow. Tying braids of sweetgrass to the dancers' belts produced a swaying effect.

Sky Scape

9" x 12" oil on stretched canvas
$90

Iceberg clouds float in a coral sea. Everchanging forms just outside the window - so near yet so unreachable. The land below appears detached from the fantasy of the sky.

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Gothic Summer

10" x 8" oil on stretched canvas
$100

There has been so much snow and cold weather lately that I decided to go through some older works to find something warm.

This was painted plein air during August and it was hot, hot, hot . I was just remembering how it felt with the sunlight streaming through the canopy of leaves, the air thick with heat and the little buggies buzzing around my ankles.


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Grass Dancer - day 2

8" x 10" x 1/2" acrylic on stretched gallery wrap canvas
$80 when completed

This is being painted from a photo taken at the annual Red Clay pow-wow held in August just south of Cleveland, TN.

I usually don't do portraits or people, but this image stuck in my mind.

I should finish this painting tomorrow.

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Grass Dancer - in progress

8" x 10" x 1/2" gallery wrap stretched canvas
$80 - when completed

This is the beginning point of a painting featuring a Native American grass dancer. It is based on a photo taken at the annual Red Clay pow-wow south of Cleveland, TN.

This image isn't as crisp as I would have liked. The photo of the finished painting will be much sharper.

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Last Sail of the Season

12" x 9" acrylic on canvas covered hardboard
$90

I was told that any good artist could produce an acceptable painting using only the colors red, yellow, black and white. At first I was doubtful, but I accepted the invitation to try.

How do you get green without using blue ???

Painting with a limited palette is indeed challenging but it stretches creativity. And I would invite anyone to try at least one painting using only these colors.

Maybe next time I'll try using only brown, black and white.

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Fairie Fire - detail

detail of 8" x 16" acrylic on stretched canvas posted on 1/31/07
original $115

Often we see only what our eyes show us. We should look with a fresh mind to observe what might really be there.

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