Terry - watercolor

watercolor, 2019

available, 11"x15"

      Still swinging away at figures and abstracting backgrounds.

Pumped - watercolor

watercolor, 2019

available, 8"x10"

      Not much to say about this one. Red heels on nice legs.

Harrison - watercolor

watercolor, 2019

nfs, 8"x10"

      A portrait of my great-nephew. I painted his older sister a couple years ago so I had to get him on paper. I painted her from a reference photo taken at the beach. So, it's only fitting that I get him in a winter sweater in spite of the current season.

J20 - watercolor

watercolor, 2019

available, 11"x15"

      I'm very happy with this Jeep J20. I was able to get it loose-but-detailed and the colors complement nicely. It's probably one of my better car paintings of the last few months.

Kinbane - watercolor

watercolor, 2019

available, 11"x15"

      On the Irish coast. There's a lot of dry brush on this one for everything from highlights to rock and sand shapes.

Pearl Earrings #9 - watercolor

watercolor, 2019

nfs, 11"x15"

      Another portrait of my beautiful bride, toying with abstracting the unimportant parts of the subject. Only the focal point really needs detail and realism. Everything else can be loose and suggestive.

Desert Blue - watercolor

watercolor, 2018

available, 11"x15"

      Nice value contrast. Nice foreshortening. I like how the color contrast worked out between the manganese and phthalo blues and the burnt sienna/umber reds. My favoritest part is that highlight just behind the headlight. I don't know if I could do that again on purpose if I had to.

Lily B - watercolor

watercolor, 2018

available, 8"x10"

      A little portrait/figure with a fade/paper-doll effect. I also played with some softer edges to a nice effect.

Packard - watercolor

watercolor, 2018

available, 11"x15"

      A rusty old Packard. Not much more to say about this one.

Pearl Earrings #8 - watercolor

watercolor, 2018

nfs, 8"x10"

      This is another portrait using a reference photo I shot of my wife years ago. In spite of my constant nagging, this is one of only a very few times she posed for me and I've painted every photo in this series several times.

Window Seat - watercolor

watercolor, 2018

available, 11"x15"

      When I saw this reference photo I knew it would make a great painting. But I didn't know if I could pull it off. A lot of patience and paying attention to everything gave me one of the best paintings of last year.

Between Derry and Bushmills - watercolor

watercolor, 2018

available, 11"x15"

      A simple little landscape.