Black-Eyed Susans - watercolor

watercolor, 2015

11"x15"

prints and gifts available

      These are a couple black-eyed Susan's I painted for a logo and corporate ID for a little business my sister is starting.

watercolor, 2015

11"x15"

prints and gifts available

Santa Fe - watercolor

watercolor, 2015

available, 7.5"x11"

      Virtual Paintout is in Santa Fe this month. I had a lot going on and just barely had time to do one this month. There's a lot right about this one. The dry brush on the road and the reflections in the windshields are just right. The figures are all good except for the center figure's feet. I should have just left them out completely.

Daisy Shopping - watercolor

watercolor, 2015

available, 11"x15"

prints also available

      Many people have seen the movie Driving Miss Daisy. If you haven't, you should. I think I've mentioned before that I often drive my wife, mother-in-law, mother, and two sisters - or any combination - around shopping on weekends. My wife has always liked for me to do the driving; I have a good sense of direction and usually remember how to get back to places we've only visited once. For years I have likened that to Driving Miss Daisy and over the years I've gathered more and more Daisies to drive around. That's where I got the title for this piece. I drove the Daisies to Blowing Rock, NC a few weeks back and got a shot of them at this little shop. I took the liberty of changing the flowers outside to a loose semblance of daisies.

41 Ford Super Deluxe 8 - gouache

gouache, 2015

available, 11"x15"

prints and gifts also available

Tomatoes #3 - watercolor

watercolor, 2009

available, 9"x12" on handmade paper

prints and gifts available

      The interesting texture comes from the handmade paper.

Window #1 - watercolor

watercolor, 2015

available, 9"x12"

      This is a quick little piece that's a little looser than my previous style. Not much else to say about it really.

Manteo - watercolor

watercolor, 2015

available, 11"x15"

prints and gifts also available

      It was cold, dark and cloudy the last time we were in Manteo and all my reference photos show it. It wasn't too difficult brightening things up. I added the pedestrian for some interest and movement.

Coffee In The Window - gouache

gouache, 2015

available, 11"x15"

prints also available

      My sister recently started selling things in a local "antique" mall. While checking out her space and helping bring in a heavier item I saw these displayed just across from her. There was a lot more junk cluttering the area and the window didn't actually look outside, just over to another space. But, I saw "something" there and had to settle for a bad phone camera shot. It seems to have worked out OK, though.

Caitlin's Cottage - watercolor

watercolor, 2015

9"x12"

      This is a quick, loose sketch of the cottage my daughter is living in this summer while doing an internship in Michigan. We hate her being gone all summer -- especially so far away that it's prohibitive for us to visit her. But this is a great learning experience for her. So, more power to the Puddinator!

Available Asheboro - watercolor

watercolor, 2015

available, 11"x15"

prints and gifts also available

      Another view from Asheboro, NC. I had just noticed this building and was pulling my camera up to my eye when this man turned the corner. I just waited for him to finish the composition.

Estonia - watercolor

watercolor, 2015

available, 11"x15"

      Virtual Paintout is in Estonia for June. I got the impression this once was a type of lighthouse. It was situated on a peninsula between the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Riga.

Red Royal - gouache

gouache, 2015

available, 11"x15"

prints and gifts also available

      I never had the pleasure of typing on a manual typewriter. My first typewriter was a monster IBM Selectric. That was probably 1985 and it might have been several years old by the time I got it.