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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.
Looking Up Saint Peters (watercolor 15 x 17) available
An upwards look at St. Peters, in Rome.
Lacey Edge (watercolor 12 x 17) Available
Watercolor painting of the lacy patterns made by light on the forest edge.
Purchase the original or a fine art reproduction here.
Spring Tangle (watercolor 14 x 19) Sold
This painting has sold, but you can purchase a fine art reproduction here.
Intrepid (Alcohol Ink 4 x 7) Sold
A little painting of a tree hanging on in hard spot.
These are my very first alcohol ink paintings. The process is fast and exciting if not exactly controllable. Each of these paintings was completed in under thirty minutes working on Yupo with an eyedropper, cotton ball, cotton swab, gravity, and a mister. The good news it creates beautiful glowing results almost by magic. The bad news is that over half the painting made this way are fit only for the trash. These are the winners:
Blue Mountains I (alcohol ink 5 x 6) Available
Blue Mountains II (Alcohol Ink 5 x 7) Available
Blue Mountain III (alcohol ink 5 x 7) Available
Blue Cliffs (Alchohol Ink 4 x 7) Available
Coastal Moon (alcohol ink 4 x 6) SOLD
Cliff Dwellers (alcohol ink 5.5 x 7) Available
These paintings are available in reproduction and on various products here.
Saint Jost Church (watercolor 10 x 23) Available
The Saint Jost bell tower in Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic.
Spring Snow on Croisan Train (watercolor 14 x 19) Available
We walked Croisan Scenic Trail all this winter, rain, snow, or shine. It is beautiful in the snow.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Door to Chicago (watercolor 16 x 22) Available
A look through the Chicago Art Institute’s doorway onto Michigan Ave.
I Heart Amsterdam (11 x 19" watercolor) Available
Amsterdam street lights.
Bridge to Cesky Krumlov (13 x 17 watercolor) Available
Cesky Krumlov sits in a bend of Vltava River in the Czech Republic. It is a walkers town. And if you walk, you eventually cross the Vltava. All the bridges are charming and walkable.
Horsing Around With Accordions (watercolor 17x20) SOLD
Buskers with wearing horse-heads and playing the accordion are standard Vienna fare. We heard these three coming to and going from The Leopold. They were loud, enthusiastic and good, playing both traditional folk and a few pop pieces. But mostly they are just visually fun.
—This painting has sold, but you can still purchase a fine art print.
Cowboy in Chinatown (watercolor and gouache 16 x 22) Available
There is still a Chinatown in Victoria, B.C., but it’s only a few blocks long now. The Fantan Cafe dominates the street. It’s still a fun and colorful place to visit. The entrance arch remains, and they still hang Chinese lanterns.
City Portal (12 x 22 watercolor) Available
The Art Institute of Chicago again, this time from the inside. While my daughter gift shopped, I took a whole series of photographs of the two doors to Michigan Ave. The great doors with their iconic lamps and the people silhouetted in front fascinated me.
Village Stairs (19 x 12 watercolor) SOLD
This is a back “street” in Riomaggiore where the streets are not only likely to be too small for cars, but may include staircases. I loved the light at the end of the tunnel effect and the contract between the brightly painted wall and the natural stone stairs. The woman was both beautiful and big.
This painting has sold, but you can still purchase a fine art print.
Italian Heat (watercolor 15 x 22) SOLD
We visited Florence in the heat of summer. The shady narrow streets opening up into white hot plazas continues to fascinate me. Couples biking over the rough stone streets had their own heat.
This painting sold but you may still purchase a fine art print.
Oxford Bike (watercolor 17 x 19) SOLD
I poured this painting at the Oregon State Fair on yesterday and spent this afternoon finishing up the brushwork. I rather like it. The greens feel very England to me.
This painting has sold, but you may still purchase a fine art print.
Heart of the Bike (10.5 x 14 watercolor) Available
This is a hot summer painting for a cold winter day here in Oregon. It’s been snowing steadily for the last 40 hours or so. Everything is white and cold. But this painting warms me right up.
Pacific Rhythms (18 x 36 watercolor) Commissioned
I painted this seascape for the most marvelous client. Her request charmed me. She wanted a seascape with no figures or land masses, beach, or boats; just waves, sky, and clouds. The waves and clouds must be rhythmic to inspire jazz improvisation. The painting must be large enough to fill the space above her piano.
The project presented some challenges, most of them having to do with size. Standard watercolor sheets are only 24 x 30 inches. She wanted a painting that was 36 inches wide, so the paper had to be special ordered. I don’t have an easel large enough to accommodate a painting this size, so I used my studio table. When I taped the paper to my studio table, there was no room left for water and brushes. To see how the painting looked from five feet back, I had to stand on a chair.
The other challenge had to do with how to create a path through the painting for the eye. I decided on a sideways “u” beginning on the bottom left following the breakers in and return across the horizon and out through a break in the clouds.
I presented it to the client this morning and I’m happy to say she loved it. It’s at the framers now.
The original belongs to a lovely pianist, but prints are available here.
The Ultimate Alley View (12 x 19 watercolor) SOLD
A colorful back alley view of the Duomo, Florence, Italy.
This painting has sold, but you may still purchase a fine art print.
Pilgrims and the Gate (watercolor 15 x 20) SOLD
I am the March featured artist at Art in the Valley, Corvallis, Oregon. The show will be of my Europe paintings. Reception March 9th, from four to six.
