Celtic Morn - watercolor

watercolor, 2018

available, 9"x12"

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      I shot the reference for this one while in Savannah at the Bonaventure Cemetery.

St. Kevin's - watercolor

watercolor, 2018

available, 11"x15"

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      A loose landscape with St. Kevin's round tower and graveyard in Ireland. There are certain points I'm unhappy with on this one. But, other things -- like the out-of-focus background -- worked well. This might be a candidate for another pass.

49 Cadillac Hearse - marker

ink, 2017

available, 9"x12"

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      I found some Winsor & Newton Pigment Markers on clearance locally so I thought I'd give them a try. I just bought a couple grays as I've been wanting to experiment more with grayscale and with markers. This is a first attempt. Not bad if I say so myself. The two pens I chose were a bit darker than I expected. I was looking for four levels -- two grays, black and paper white. Not really what I got. Even so, they work nicely in a horror theme, obviously. I'll be playing with these some more for both finished pieces and preliminary grayscale sketches for watercolors.

Gulf Presbyterian - watercolor

watercolor, 2016

available, 9"x12"

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      This is a little sketch of a church not too far from my home, but done from a Google Maps Street View image. My biggest issues with this one is, of course, the trees, with which I'm never happy, and the small suggestion of a graveyard. I should have made that a bit more prominent. The shadows on the building could have gone a bit more cool or warm; it doesn't matter which. They just need to have some color. The red door color was a change from the original to add pop and an obvious focal point.

Pleasant Grove - watercolor

watercolor, 2016

available, 9"x12"

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      Virtual Paintout is in Lancaster County, PA this month. Lots of farmland and wide, open spaces. I always seem to gravitate to church buildings. This simple, little church is out in the middle of nowhere. I might do a gothic church from downtown Lancaster, as well. This one worked out nicely. I wish the little graveyard behind the church was more apparent. I could have gotten a closer vantage point or one from camera-left. But that would have either reduced the feeling of space or removed the straight-ahead frankness these little churches exude. The only other problem is that the scan washed out a sky with which I'm actually very happy.

St. Johns, Charleston - watercolor

watercolor, 2015

available, 11"x15"

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      This is the third attempt at this image and I'm still not sure about it.

New Addition

Memorial Day, 2013

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Freedom isn't free.

St. Giles - watercolor

watercolor, 2014

original available, 9"x12" $50

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Something a little looser, more impressionist after all the recent realism.

Old Glory

I know I haven't posted any photos here yet. I decided to post this one today for Memorial Day since I don't have any patriotic-themed artwork. I took this very early the morning of Memorial Day last year, 2013 in Greensboro, NC.

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