Tempranillo - gouache

gouache, 2014

original available, 9"x12" $75

      This is more of an experiment in loose painting more than anything else. I really didn't like it until I took another look at it today. I'm still not crazy about it. But it has it's merits. It's growing on me, in other words.

Choo's - acrylics

acrylics, 2006

SOLD

prints available

      This is obviously an earlier piece from when I was using acrylics exclusively. This is one of the first paintings I ever sold. It also led to several shoe-related commissions from the same collector. While I can see some obvious issues with this painting, I'm still pretty happy with it, especially considering how new I was to painting at the time.

V8 - watercolor

watercolor, 2014

original available, 16"x26" $350

prints also available

Vines - watercolor

watercolor, 2015

original available, 9"x12" $75

prints also available

      This one is very loose, possibly too loose. I'm still not sure about it. I could still go back in and add to it with pastels or ink.

Empty House, Forest Street - watercolor

watercolor, 2015

original available, 9"x12" $100

prints also available

      This is a quick, loose painting I did over the course of a couple lunch hours at work.

Bangladesh - watercolor

watercolor, 2015
original available, 11"x15" $75

      Virtual Paintout is in Bangladesh this month. I'm not sure about this one. It might be getting some more work. Or, it might grow on me as is.

Edit: I decided to make prints available on this one -- here, as usual.

Clarinet - watercolor+charcoal

mixed, 2011

original available, 15"x22" $350

prints also available

      Here's one from my instrument series. Most of these are done with charcoal and watercolor, an interesting mix that gives a wonderful amount of depth. I have a moderate connection to the clarinet as both of my older sisters played clarinet through jr. high and high school.

Hayden Place 1987 - watercolor

watercolor, 2015

original available, 11"x15" $200

prints also available

      This is from a photograph I took in downtown High Point NC when I was in college and spending a lot of time with photography. This block looks very different today. For those familiar with the area, the High Point city bus station is behind the viewer and the North State Telephone office is just across the street to the left. And, that's my 79 Ford Mustang on the far left, my first car and I loved it and cared for it like a newborn baby.

Criss Cross - gouache

gouache, 2015

original available, 5"x8" $75

prints and gifts also available

      This is a small piece I did in a sketchbook a couple weeks ago. I might do a larger, more finished version some time.

Pontiac Pow-Wow - watercolor

watercolor, 2015

original available, 15"x22" $300

prints also available

      I'm starting to find ways of integrating a looser technique with enough realism to satisfy my previous style. This is very much the direction I want to go -- something I want to call loose realism, but that probably has a better, more accepted name. This one might actually be a little more "photographic" than I want. So, my loose realism eventually will be looser than this -- I think.

55 T-Bird - watercolor + ink

mixed, 2013

original available, 9"x12" $125

prints and gifts also available

Wine & Heels - watercolor

watercolor, 2013

original available, 9"x12" $150

prints and gifts also available