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2011

"Bog Falls"
Oil   12" x 16"

Adirondacks
 NY

2011

 

2011

"St Regis Falls"
Oil   12" x 16"

Adirondacks
 NY

2011

 

2011

"The Flume"
Oil   12" x 16"

Adirondacks
 NY

2011

 

2011

"The Barn"
Oil   11" x 14"

Callaway Gardens, GA

2011

 

2011

"Callaway Pines"
Oil   16" x 12"

Callaway Gardens, GA

2011

 

2011

"Garden Path"
Oil   12" x 16"

Callaway Gardens, GA

2011

 

2011

"Hummingbird Lake"
Oil   16" x 20"

Callaway Gardens, GA

2011

 

2011

"The Blacksmith Barn"
Oil   11" x 14"

Callaway Gardens, GA

2011

 

2011

"Hay Barn"
Oil   12" x 16"

Middle, TN

2011

 

2011

"Late Afternoon"
Oil   12" x 16"

Middle, TN

2011

 

2011

"Old Corn Crib"
Oil   12" x 16"

Middle, TN

2011

 

2011

"Farm Truck"
Oil   12" x 16"

Middle, TN

2011

 

2011

"Overlook Fall"
Oil   12" x 16"

Middle, TN

2011

 

2011

"Red Barn"
Oil   11" x 14"

Middle, TN

2011

 

2011

"Summer Creek"
Oil   9" x 12"

Middle, TN

2011

 

2011

"Summer Sky"
Oil   12" x 16"

Middle, TN

2011

 

2011

"Sunny River"
Oil   12" x 16"

Middle, TN

2011

 

2011

"The Smoker"
Oil   12" x 16" 

Middle, TN

2011

 

2011

"Backlit"
Oil   12" x 9"

The Smoky Mountains

2011

 

2011

"Distant Mountain"
Oil   12" x 16"

The Smoky Mountains

2011

 

2011

"Light in Emrits Cove"
Oil    11" X 14"

The Smoky Mountains

2011

 

2011

"Mountain Flowers"
Oil   12" x 16"

The Smoky Mountains

2011

 

2011

"Sunny Bank"
Oil   9" x 12"

The Smoky Mountains

2011

 

2011

"Warming by Crosby Creek"
Oil   11" X 14"

The Smoky Mountains

2011

 

2011

"Aquamarine"
Oil   14" X 18"

Easton, MD

2011

 

2011

"Catalpa Shadows"
Oil   18" X 14"

Easton, MD

2011

 

2011

"John Wesley Church"
Oil   12" X 16"

Easton, MD

2011

 

2011

"Lunch Truck"
Oil   12" X 16"

Easton, MD

2011

 

2011

"Moisture in the Air"
Oil   12" X 16"

Easton, MD

2011

 

2011

"Morning Dock"
Oil   12" X 16"

Easton, MD

2011

 

2011

"Ruby Vessel"
Oil   12" X 16"

Easton, MD

2011

 

2011

"Sunset Sail"
Oil   16" X 20"

Easton, MD

2011

 

2011

"A Day in Willemstad"
Oil   12" X 16"

Curacao

2011

 

2011

"Calm Bay"
Oil   11" X 14"

Curacao

2011

 

2011

"Curacao Market"
Oil   11" X 14"

Curacao

2011

 

2011

"Curacao Shore"
Oil   8" X 10"

Curacao

2011

 

2011

"Fish Market"
Oil   11" X 14"

Curacao

2011

 

2011

"Ketch at Market"
Oil   11" X 14"

Curacao

2011

 

2011

"Water Meets Land"
Oil   11" X 14"

Curacao

2011

 

2011

"Sycamore with Character"
Oil   14" X 11"

Laguna, CA

2011

 

2011

"Beach House"
Oil   12" X 16"

Laguna, CA

2011

 

2011

"Canyon Morning"
Oil   12" X 16"

Laguna, CA

2011

 

2011

"Corona Del Ray Beach"
Oil   12" X 16"

Laguna, CA

2011

 

2011

"Courtyard at the Mission"
Oil   12" X 16"

Laguna, CA

2011

 

2011

"Grooming"
Oil   11" X 14"

Laguna, CA

2011

 

2011

"Last House on Crystal Cove"
Oil   16" X 20"

Laguna, CA

2011

 

2011

"San Juan Capistrano"
Oil   12" X 16"

Laguna, CA

2011

 

2011

"The Cathedral Ruins"
Oil   16" X 12"

Laguna, CA

2011

 

2011

"The Pilgrim"
Oil   14" X 18"

Laguna, CA

2011 2011

"Variations in Stone"
Oil   12" X 16"

Laguna, CA

2011 2011

"Shrimp Boats"
Oil   12" X 16"

Charleston, NC

2010 2010

"Homestead Garden 2"
Oil   12" x16".

Columbus Museum
 Columbus, GA

2010  2010

"Pansies in the Garden"
Oil   16" X 12"

Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, GA

2010    2010

"Sunset Over Glenville Lake"
Oil   14" X 18"

Glenville, NC

2010    2010

"Overlook"
Oil  
14" X 18"

Near Cashiers, NC

2010

 

 

The falls around the Cashier/ Highlands area of NC are second to none. It was a treat to be able to paint there for a week.

2010

"Mountain Falls"
Oil  
16" X 20"

Near Cashiers, NC

 

 

2010 

2010

"Lakes Last Light"
Oil  
12" X 16"

Cashiers, NC

2010 

Beverly and I were lucky enough to meet the Callaway family and learn first hand about the history of the garden, and the family home. We met Bo Callaway at a picnic for the artists at the event. We toured the family home and saw the blue spring were they bottle Callaway Blue Spring water and listened to the stories of how the kids went swimming in the spring. We ate at the "pic-nic veranda" were President Roosevelt ate when he was visiting and hunting. There is still a wheelchair ramp for him to have access to the veranda. Bo Callaway was kind enough to tell me were to get un-pasteurized milk. When we got home Bev and I made homemade butter. 

2010

"Twilight at Humming Bird Lake"
Oil   14" X 18"

Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, GA.

2010

 

This was painted during the Callaway Garden Plein-Air competition. It was painted in the garden of the Columbus Museum which was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, the landscape architect that designed Central Park in NYC.

2010

"Homestead Garden"
Oil   14" X 18"

Columbus Museum
Columbus, GA

2010

Middle Tennessee  is one of the most paint able places in the country. I live in Franklin and am lucky to be able walk out the door and in less than 10 minutes I have my pick of several beautiful places to paint.

2010

"New Mom"
Oil   14" X 18"

Leipers Fork, TN

2009

 

One of the places I really love to paint is Mississippi. Again the culture and landscape is great. The people are nice and down to earth. I have painted in the Delta, the middle of the state and all through the Northern part of the state and loved every minute.

2009

"Golden Moment"
Oil   14" X 18"

Pontotoc, MS

2009 2009

"Evening Snack"
Oil   14" X 18"

Franklin, TN

2009 2009

"Harbor Sail Boats"
Oil   12" X 16"

Dana Point, CA

2009 2009

"On the Rocks"
Oil   12" X 24"

Laguna Beach, CA

2009 2009

"Black Canyon Wash"
Oil   8" X 16"

Silverado, CA

2009 2009

"The Mission"
Oil   14" X 11"

San Juan Capistrano, CA

2009

 

 

I have been lucky enough to paint at the Laguna Beach Invitational competition 2009-2011. What a beautiful place. Beverly and I love setting up at the beach and painting the rocky coast line, listening to the waves crash. It's so peaceful and one of the best trips of the year. Being around some of the best artists in the country is always a plus.

2009

"Reaching Through the Mist"
Oil   16" X 20"

Laguna Beach, CA

2009

 

2009

"Sunrise Ships"
Oil  
14" X 18"

Camden Bay, ME

 

2009

 

  2009

"Rockport Schooner"
Oil  
11" X 14"

Rockport, ME

2009

 

2009

"Harbor Schooner"
Oil  
11" X 14"

Camden Bay, ME

2009

 

2009

"Camden Bay"
Oil  12" X 16"

Camden, ME

2009

 

  2009

"Cool Little Boats"
Oil   10" X 12"

Gloucester, MA

2009

 

 

After Beverly's son married in New Jersey, we drove to Camden, ME to meet a couple of artist friends to paint. We stopped in Gloucester on the way.  We only had a few days to stay but it was great painting and good to see our friends. The highlight of the trip was the last evening, when we bought fresh lobsters, grilled some potatoes, had a good bottle of shiraz and relive the days of painting with our friends.

2009

"Maine Workboat"
Oil  
11" X 14"

Gloucester, MA

2009

 

2009

"Gloucester"
12" X 16"

Gloucester, MA

2009

 

This Boat is scheduled to be picked up and put in the maritime museum in St. Michaels, MD. This might be the last time I ever get to paint it in its original location.

2009

"Crow Brother 1"
Oil  
12" X 16"

Tilghman Island, MD

2009

 

2009

"Almost Ready"
Oil  
14" X 18"

Oxford, MD

2009

 

This Tree is on the Quaker property where they had meetings at a church in the 1600s. The Church still stands and so does the tree. It dates back to that time.

2009

"Sweet Gum"
Oil  
20" X 16"

Easton, MD

 

2009

 

This was the last painting I did during the competition that year. It was at a boat ramp that had a bar and grill. Bev and I, along with a couple of friends, had a burger and beer, while I painted the afternoon sky.

2009

"Point Street Sunset"
Oil  
12" X 16"

Easton, MD

2009 2009

"Family Farm Overlook"
Oil   12" X 16"

Door County, WI

 

2009

 

Apparently some of the locals don't like it when you pull over into the ditch to paint a painting. A group of us were just finishing up our paintings, when we heard a horn honking coming down the road. Even though we were well of the road, which was a rural farm road that only 2 cars had passed while we painted, this man seemed offended that we were there at all.  He had some un-kind and colorful words about us NOT owning the road...After a few minutes of verbal back and forth, and a threat to go get "the law" he drove on. I to this day don't know what he was mad about. All I have to say to the guy is
 "If you give you shall receive" !

2009

"Door County Farm"
Oil   11" X 14"

Door County, WI

 

2009

 

2009

"Sunlit Barn"
Oil   11" X 14"

Door County, WI

 

2009

 

2009

"River Through Algoma"
Oil   18" X 14"

Door County, WI

 

2009

 

2009

"Shoreline Pastels"
Oil   11" X 14"

Door County, WI

 

2009

 

2009

"Ripples"
Oil   11" X 14"

Door County, WI

 

2009

 

A storm come rolling in when Beverly and I, along with a couple other painters, were painting this scene. It came up fast and the wind and lightning were horrible. We were soaked before we could make it to the car.

2009

"Peninsula Harbor"
Oil   12" X 16"

Door County, WI

 

2009

 

2009

"Grazing Cows"
Oil   12" X 16"

Door County, WI

2009

 

This is one of the prettiest most diverse areas of our country. Door county is a peninsula that separates Green Bay from Lake Michigan. Inland there are more barns and farms then I have ever seen and all along the shoreline, are quaint little towns with great sunsets. 

2009

"Cave Point Shore"
Oil   11" X 14"

Door County, WI

2009 2009

"Sunset Over the Miles"
Oil   16" X 20"

Tilghman Island, MD

2009

This is a great old fishing community on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. I love the old and rustic boats and feel of the area.

2009

"Knapp Narrows Evening"
Oil   14" X 18"

Tilghman Island, MD on the Chesapeake Bay

2009

 

2009

"Getting Attention"
Oil   14" X 18"

Talbot County MD

2009

 

2009

"Cattails and Lillies"
Oil   12" X 16"

Area near the Chesapeake Bay

2009 2009

"Home In The Morning"
Oil  
11" X 14"

Athens, AL

2009

This is a gorgeous pre-civil war antebellum home, that is one of our good friends childhood home and farm. Her mother still lives there and her brothers still farm the land. The house is close to were General Nathan Bedford Forest raided the fort and railroad. Their spring, which is across the street from the house was frequented by the soldiers for fresh water for themselves and their horses.

2009

"Oak Shade"
Oil  
11" X 14"

Athens, AL

2008 2008

"Leipers Fork Overlook"
Oil   8" X 16"

Leipers Fork, TN

2008 2008

"Leipers Fork Vista"
Oil   8" X 18"

Leipers Fork, TN

2008 2008

"Leipers Fork Falls"
Oil   11" X 14"

Leipers Fork, TN

2008 2008

"Stair Steps"
Oil   14" X 11"

Leipers Fork, TN

2008  

This was a trip Bev and I took in the dead of winter. It was wet and cold, so we painted under bridges, laurels and pines for a little bit of shelter. When we got back to our cabin in the evenings, it was so nice to light a fire, have a glass of wine and talk about the day.

2008

"Unattended"
Oil   14" X 18"

Around Boone, NC

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The marshes of South Carolina are beautiful. one of my favorite places to visit is the Charleston area. its a great place for an artist to go and document the beauty, history and culture.

2008

"Afternoon Glow"
Oil   16" X 20"

Charleston, SC

2008

This was done at the Easton Plein-Air Festival. I have participated in this event from its beginning. 2011 was my 7th year.

2008

"Cattail Lake"
Oil
 14" X 18"

Easton, MD

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I was teaching near Newnan at a farm owned by Mr. Chestnut. I had a field full of students and cows, when a very large bull wandered up. Mr. Chestnut says "Don't worry that bull hasn't never hurt anyone...YET". I stood watch the rest of the time the students were painting.

2008

"Georgia Barn"
11" X 14"

Newman, GA

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I painted this while on a paint-out with the Plein Air Painters of the Southeast.

2007

"Sailing Away"
Oil   11" X 14"

St. Petersburg, FL

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"Fisherman's Dock"
Oil  14" X 11"

Sebasco Harbor, Phippsburg, ME

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I painted this on the way up to Sebasco Harbor, near Phippsburg, ME. I went with a group of lady's from Georgia on a mentoring trip. It was a blast and the lobster is always fantastic there.

2007

"After the Sail"
Oil   9" X 12"

Gloucester, MA

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This was the view from our campsite.

2007

"Mountain View"
Oil   16" X 12"

Estes Park, CO

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"Backlit Canyon"
Oil  18" X 14"

Estes Park, CO

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We met a fellow artist named, Erich Neubert while camping in Estes Park. He was camping in the site just above us, and we invited him to join us for a campfire dinner.  After that we became good friends.  Later that week Bev and I went painting and exploring, and were lucky enough to see Elk, Mule Deer and a Bear.

2007

"Radiant Aspens"
Oil  20" X 16"

Estes Park, CO

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Wyoming is one of my favorite places to paint. the terrain is unique and diverse. Its a painters dream out there. We always have great stories when we get back from trips there. when we explore and hike we always see elk, mule deer, moose, black bear and grizzlies. It can be a little intimidating when you run across a grizzly, late in the evening, back in the woods. There are a lot of Plein-air stories from the Wyoming area.

"Gros Ventre Canyon"
Oil     12" X 16"

Kelly, WY

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This was at the Gros Vente rock slide area just outside the Teton National Park. 

2006

"Aspens at Gros Ventre"
Oil   11" X 14"

Kelly, WY

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"Family Farm"
Oil   12" X 16"

Talbot County, MD

2005

This was the marina below the balcony of our hotel room.

2005

"Evening"
Oil   8" X 10"

Kent Narrows, MD

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"Easton Barn"
Oil    9" X 12"

Easton, MD