Cold winter coming

by | Feb 8, 2011 | Oil Paintings for Sale

Sometimes you just don’t know what inspires you about a location, ingredients of a landscape painting, or time of season. For some reason this image really captured me. I really enjoyed painting this old farmhouse nestled back in the graying trees of the landscape in...

My sister Viv

by | Jan 28, 2011 | Education

Many of you may not know that my sister died from cancer this past year. It was very hard for me since we were close my whole life. She was my older sister, and always took an interest in me. I have fond memories of her as a child. She was a flower child, straight out...

My Story

by | Jan 25, 2011 | concepts in painting

It has been many years since I designed packages for some of the largest major household brands in the country owned by P&G, Johnson and Wax and Nerf. Package design was required to pop. It had to distinguish itself from other brands within seconds. The work I...

Daybreak

by | Jan 20, 2011 | Oil Paintings for Sale

This was a scene I had to paint. In the barn, there was a bucket hanging from a twisted old nail, accentuated by various shadows and lights hitting the worn floor boards. The light that hit the bucket provided a nice transition to the glaring light that came through...

Neglected Kitchen

by | Jan 7, 2011 | Oil Paintings for Sale

I chose the title, Neglected Kitchen, for this piece. But it was actually a painting of a deserted farm house in Russellville, Ohio that a group of painters and I came across as we were searching for good painting spots when we attended a paint out at Lake Waynoka...

Dutiful Obedience in My Life and Painting

by | Dec 17, 2010 | concepts in painting

Reading Hosea in the Old Testament this morning, I came across a passage that said God loves dutiful obedience in the love we give him. And it made me think about my relationship with my wife, Robyn. Her acts of kindness every day make me love her most. I can always...

Take some advice from yourself

by | Dec 13, 2010 | concepts in painting

It is always healthy to laugh at yourself. Today I had a question, and I tried to Google an answer. To my amazement, the answer came from my own blog post. I had to laugh because I apparently had the answer after all. Trust thyself! And laugh as often as you can! ©...