“sabbath rest” (done!)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCHere’s the second painting in my pair of large square marsh paintings. The photo that inspired this painting was one I took during the Bluffton Arts & Seafood Festival in 2009. Have you ever visited the Low Country of South Carolina? I find it to be quite breath-taking. Why […]

“still waters” (done!)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCI finished up two paintings this week! It’s a big pair of square marsh paintings. Watch the slide show above if you want to see its progress from start to finish.

a painting for myself (“winter berries” done!)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCI’ve finished a Christmas present for me (from me.) It’s still on my easel drying, but hopefully it will be ready to hang over my fireplace by the weekend. You can watch the two-minute video below if you’d like to see it come to life — from start to finish. […]

a pair of marshy paintings (in progress)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCHere’s a pair of paintings I started in October. They’ve been drying for a while, so now I can begin the next phase in my process: painting the grasses.   Right now it looks like somebody gave the grass a crew-cut. Since the water is dry I can bring […]

painting “winter berries” (part 1)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCLast year I started a new tradition. At the beginning of each December, I’m painting myself a new “winter painting” to hang over my fireplace. The plan is to then auction off last year’s painting. We’ll see if I get that far this year. 🙂 I’m hoping to finish […]

done! (“pear orchard”)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCI finished this vibrant oil painting in April,but just finally put it on my website this week. If you make it to Open Studios on Friday or Saturday, you’ll get to see it hanging on a burnt orange wall… it’s a rather stunning combination if I do say so […]

done! (“afternoon nap”)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCI’ve had this piece hanging up for several months now, and decided long ago that it just wasn’t “quite right.” So just last week I FINALLY put the finishing touches on it, and I’m happy with the results. Here’s the before and after photos… the changes I made were […]

done! “hilton head marsh #3″

Export to PDF | Export to DOCThis piece is the final installment in the series of six small oil paintings I’ve created called “Scenes from Hilton Head Island.” When I uploaded the finished image to my website, I realized that it’s the 200th painting I have showing on my site. There might be a few […]

painting “hilton head marsh #3″

Export to PDF | Export to DOCOne day during our visit to Hilton Head Island last July, we spent the morning biking through the wildlife preserve that was adjacent to Hilton Head. The three marsh paintings from my series “Scenes from Hilton Head Island” were all inspired by our quiet bike ride.

done! “hilton head marsh #2″

Export to PDF | Export to DOC    Here’s the fifth of six paintings in my new series of small oil paintings called “Scenes from Hilton Head Island.” You can visit my website to see the entire series…