Warm Wave

An plein air piece completed a few years back. I'm using it to complete a larger piece in pastel.

Inside Diva study

This is a study for a larger group of paintings using different mediums. I will keep you posted as I produce them.

J W

This holiday season I intend to work on my People of Commerce series. This is my brother-in-law. He sat for me for about 30 minutes this weekend.

Behind The Hotel

A slice of the landscape behind Hotel Azul in Commerce, Texas.

North Texas Bales

Since I'm visiting north east Texas, I thought I would share a painting inspired by the area

Flip That House

This painting was completed in 2005. Its funny how my palette hasn't changed that much over the years.

Fisherman And Sons 2

I'm working with the plein air trading cards still. This is the second version of this piece.

Out Of The Fog 2

I am really enjoying this exploration of a field study. The plein air sketch was completed at Glass Beach in Fort Bragg, California. Fog comforts me; I like its intimacy and mystery.

Mind Landscape 2

The little ACEO image has been fruitful. I worked on the Shizen Pastel Paper for this one.

Where Was I

This is a painting from 1990. I am at my core an abstract painter because I have bad eyes or I see different. The title comes from me looking back at this image and wondering were I was in my life. I know it was when I moved back to Texas from Massachusetts.

Mind Landscape

I used an ACEO trading card image as a jumping off point for this painting. I am really enjoying painting from sketches completed on site. Far better than working from a photo. One plein air painting is worth hundreds of photos.

Train Strangers

I did this painting a few years ago. A collector saw it on my site but wanted it a bit larger. So I revisited this image and enjoyed it. I worked exclusively from the painting as I couldn't find the reference photo.

Revisit Tree In Fog

Still playing with this image.

Fence Breach

I found a plein air painting from about 6 years ago and used it to inspire this painting.

Jug Handle Fog

Yet another study of this image from a plein air painting.

Oat Valley Vineyard Pastel

I worked with this one in pastel and not much larger than the plein air trading card image posted below that I used for reference.

Vineyard Structure

I used a plein air sketch trading card image as a point of reference.

On The Way Pastel

The first pastel version of this image. The original version was a watercolor trading card image painted while traveling up to Fort Bragg, CA.

Clouds From The Plane

During my many plane rides I have painted cloud formations. I usually use the ACEO trading cards or 5 by 7 Shizen Watercolor Paper. I enlarged this one to an 11 by 14 watercolor painting.