"Citrus Twist"

Acrylic on canvas board

6 x 8"

"August Bales"

Oil on canvas board

12 x 24"

Hay bales are great subjects, and I have done many paintings of them. This Iowa field was painted on a very hot and humid August day.

"Splash"

Watercolor

21 x 28" matted

"Old Yellow Skiff"

Watercolor

21 x 28" matted

A fishing boat in Puerto Rico. I painted the dock just as it was, in bad shape and on the verge of falling into the sea.

Acrylic on canvas board

12 x 12"

Not for sale at this time

One of the many paintings of my yellow lab. I call him my painting partner for a reason: he's always right beside me while I'm working.

"Sack Lunch #2"

Tomatoes in a brown paper sack from the farmers' market.

Detail of "Sack Lunch #2"

This is a close-up photo of "Sack Lunch #2" that was taken while the painting dried in the sun.

"After the Storm Passes"

Watercolor

21 x 28" matted

Even though the sky still looks threatening, it's so peaceful after summer thunderstorms have just passed over. I enjoy painting the shadows and colors of these powerful storms (from a safe distance, of course).

"Fishermen"

More beached wooden boats on the coast of Puerto Rico.

"Pepper Dance"

Watercolor

21 x 28" matted

"Limon"

6 x 8

oil on canvas board

"Apache Look-a-Like"

Watercolor

16 x 20" matted

This painting is of an older working boat moored off of Michigan City, Indiana, in the fog. The boat reminded me of a favorite fishing trawler from Door County, WI, still in commission despite its age.

"Kenosha Lighthouse"

Acrylic on canvas

9 x 12"

Looking up at the North Pier Light in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on a clear summer day.

"Potted Marigolds"

Oil over acrylic on canvas board

6 x 8"

Sold

A clay pot filled with marigolds (before the bugs got to them).

"Sleepy Dog"

Watercolor

15 x 22"

(not for sale at this time)

My dog asleep in the sun. I enjoyed painting the contrast between the dark shadows and the light coming in through the kitchen door.

"Watermelon Man"

Oil on canvas board

12 x 12"

Part of the Soulard Farmers' Market, St. Louis series. I painted this from a scene at the Soulard Farmers' Market in St. Louis, the oldest market west of the Mississippi. I love the produce and people that show up to this old, busy market building; there's always a great subject to paint. I plan on posting more paintings from the market.

"June Roses"

Watercolor

16 x 20" matted

June is a great time for roses (at least in the Midwest). These flowers were fun to paint in watercolor, which allowed me to give depth to the unfolding petals.

"Beached"

Acrylic on canvas board

18 x 24"

(not for sale at this time)

This is a painting of some of the great old wooden boats that line the beaches in Puerto Rico.

"Two Toms"

Oil on canvas board

6 x 8"

Part of creating a painting everyday is that I don't try to find one "perfect subject." Anything can be painted (even what I'm planning to eat for dinner). It's the right time of year to paint garden vegetables- we have a great fruit stand on the edge of town with ripe produce into September. "Green Bell Pepper" and "Two Toms" are both paintings of local vegetables from their gardens.

"Green Bell Pepper"

Oil on canvas board

6 x 8"

"Property Line"

Oil on wrapped canvas

12 x 12"

sold

I used the view from my old backyard as inspiration for this rural Iowa landscape. Oftentimes a few strands of barbed wire on old wooden fenceposts are the only markers of where your land stops and your neighbor's begins.

"Cherries"

Oil on canvas board

6 x 8"

"Cherries" is a small painting with big texture, and the shadows have almost as much color as the dark red cherries.

"Midsummer"

Acrylic on canvas board

6 x 8"

As the name suggests, I painted "Midsummer" from some of the few hardy flowers that survived the first few months of a Saint Louis summer.

"October, Lake of the Ozarks"

Acrylic on canvas board

24 x 28"

(Sold)

This painting is going on display at the Missouri Watercolor Society's annual members' show in Cololumbia, MO. This scene is looking out over the Lake of the Ozarks, in the south central Missouri hills.

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