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The Bridge in Our Wake (watercolor 15 x 19) Available
This is the beautifully rural Llangollen Canal, near Llangollen, Wales. As you can see from the wake, I took the reference photos for this painting looking back over the stern of our little narrowboat. To be ridiculously specific, this Bridge 36W looking back towards Trevor Basin on the last leg of our journey to Llangollen itself. Its idyllic up there.
Prints are available here.
The Bones of Dinas Bran (watercolor 19 x 23) Available
This is bits and pieces of what’s left of Castell Dinas Bran, sometimes referred to as Crow’s Fortress or Crow Castle. The castle was probably built sometime in the 1260s by Gruffydd II ap Madog, making it the only Welsh Castle we visited to actually have been built by the Welsh. The castle is now an evocative ruin perched on the hilltop above Llangollen.
We walked a mile or so up to see it after having moored within sight of it the night before. It’s a powerful sight whether seen from above or below.
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Moored Garden (watercolor 17 x 23) available
Another painting from our narrowboating trip on the Llangollen. This time there’s actually a narrowboat in the painting, not to mention the canal itself. I took the reference photo for this painting not far from Ellesmere.
Prints are available here.
All Rows Lead to the Eastgate Clock (watercolor 17 x 23) available
Chester’s pride and joy, is the The Rows, a shopping district of more or less authentic Elizabethan building centered around the The Queen’s Jubilee Clock set over the Eastgate of the city walls. Prints are available here.
Looking Up Saint Peters (watercolor 15 x 17) available
An upwards look at St. Peters, in Rome.
Northwest by Victorian (watercolor 15 x 22) Available
This is a fantasy grouping of the real Victorian houses just east of downtown Albany, and the rather prominent church just west of downtown.
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Pantheon Spotlight (watercolor 12 x 17) Available
The dome in the Roman Pantheon is open to the sky. It provides all of the natural light in the church. The result is slowly moving spotlight, picking out first one wall than another in the Pantheon.
To the Cathedral (watercolor 15 x 19) SOLD
Santa Cruz in the Barrio on a street leading to the Seville Cathedral.
This painting has sold, but you can still purchase a fine art print.
Looking Up (watercolor 12 x 17) Available
Looking up from the nave of Salamanca Cathedral, Spain.
Freight at Dusk (16 x 21 watercolor) Available
I drive through Albany on my way to Art in the Valley several times a month. Crossing over the railway bridge I admire the trains, but there’s no place to pull over and stop. So last month, I made a point of pulling into the station and walking up the bridge to photograph the trains. I may do it again at a different time of day.
Lighthouse Stairs, (18 x 13 watercolor) Available
Looking down the stairs at Yaquina Light House in Newport Oregon.
The Heart of Salamanca (watercolor 19 x 23) Available
This is early morning on the Plaza Mayor in Salamanca, Spain. In a couple hours the Plaza will be full of umbrella tables. But right now the coffee drinkers are inside enjoying the warmth.
Mudejar Pillar No. One (watercolor 10 x 14) Available
Mudejar Pillar No. Two (watercolor 10 x 14) Available
These two capitals come from the Nazrid Palaces in The Alhambra of Granada, Spain.
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Trujillo Cathedral (watercolor 10 x 22) Available
This is the cathedral in Trujillo, Spain, also known as “Our Lady of Peace.” I’ve painted her from the side, as a neighbor might walk to her. But she presides over Trujillo’s Plaza Mayor.
Alhambra Muse (watercolor 17 x 23) Available
This is one of the first courts in the Palacios Nazaries of Granada’s Alhambra.
The Yellow Church (watercolor 16 x 23) Available
This is the Plaza Mayor in the village of Zahara, Cadiz Province, Spain. The village is one of the more picturesque pueblos blancos in Andulacia. The church I’ve painted is known as the Torre del Reloj (Yellow Tower), and it dominates the square.
Via Miranda (watercolor 9 x 19) Available
From Miranda del Castanar, all the views are vistas but all the vistas are framed by narrow streets. This little half timbered village, with a population of less than five hundred is a joy to wander.
The View From Miranda (watercolor 11 x 19) SOLD
Strolling the 1929 Expo (watercolor 23 x 17) Available
This is Seville’s Plaza de Espana where Spain held the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929. Seville went all out for this World Fair venue. The plaza is a beautiful mix of Art Deco and Spanish Renaissance Revival, Spanish Baroque Revival and Neo-Mudéjar styles.
Leaving Segovia (watercolor 23 x 16) Available
Driving out of Segovia’s old town ends with a spectacular view of the aqueduct. Driving out on a rainy night, is like driving into an impressionist painting of the aquaduct..
Mudejar Arch (watercolor 13 x 18) SOLD
During our trip to Spain, I fell in love with the mudejar horseshoe arches. This particular arch is in the Palacio de la Condesa de Lebrija in Seville. The Palace is an architectural hodgepodge, with mudejar and Renaissance elements and ancient Roman mosaic floors.
This painting has sold, but you may still purchase a fine art print.
April of the Plaza Mayor (watercolor 15 x 23) Available
Alcazar Window (watercolor 11 x 19) Sold
This painting has sold, but you can still purchase a fine art print.
Toledo Morning (watercolor 14 x 22) Available
The streets of Toledo are shaded by canvas sails and lit by hanging lanterns.
Over the Rooftops (watercolor 10 x 17) Available
Caceres, Spain as seen from the cathedral roof.
Break-time Caceres (watercolor 11 x 13) Sold
This is old town Caceres.
This painting has sold, but you can still purchase a fine art print.
A Doggie Moment (watercolor 12 x 19) Sold
One more painting from my Spring trip to Spain. This is Caceres, Extremadura inside the medieval city walls.
This painting has sold, but you can still purchase a fine art print.
The Church in San Martin (16 x 23 watercolor) Available
San Martin de Trevjo is a sleepy mountain village in Extramadura, Spain. I spent a happy couple hours wandering among the half-timbered homes there.
Setenil Fortress (watercolor 15 x 24) Available
Setenil de los Bodegas of Cadiz Province, Spain is one of the more interesting pueblos blancos of Andulacia. Unlike most pueblos blancos it occupies either ridge of a valley rather than a hilltop. Many of the houses are semi-troglodyte, occupying shallow caves in the valley walls. One street includes a natural tunnel.
The view in this painting is from our apartment porch in Setenil looking across at the old castile.
Sant Pau's Gates (watercolor 17 x 22) Available
I was fascinated by the shadows cast by wrought iron gates in front of the Sant Pau Hospital Moderisme in Barcelona, Spain.
On the Way to the Sagrada Familia (watercolor 15 x22) SOLD
This painting has sold, but you may still buy a fine art reproduction here.
Bringing Down the House (16 x 23 watercolor) Available
This house demolition caught my eye because it was so surprisingly beautiful.
Twilight Off Michigan Ave, (Watercolor 16 x 22) Available
Art Institute Reflected (13 x 19 watercolor) Available
The Art Institute of Chicago, both live and in reflection.
