This little flower was growing outside my bedroom window in the neighbors yard. Our neighbor has had their house under construction for 3 years now. No one there. This poor flower has grown despite the neglect. It was the one and only flower in the yard. The weeds are doing fine!

Self Portrait

"For You" Close-up

For You

Peppermill

This was hard to get the correct color of the painting in the photograph. Dark colors don't photograph well. Probably because I don't know what I am doing. It is still not correct, but is as close as I can get. This subject was just an experiment. I wanted to see if I could get the look of the clear plexiglass. My challenge was getting the proportions to be even on each side and not look crooked.

Persimmons

San Juan Capistrano

First Place- Still Life

On 3-2-2008 A couple of friends and I entered the Traditional Artists Guild of Paramount art show. Debbie Marr a great professional artist here in San Pedro was the Judge. Entering the show was to be a learning experience, and just for the fun of it. To our surprise we won First Place in our catagories. Mine being Still Life, and my friend Jennifer won First Place in Floral. My other friend Shobha received an Honorable Mention. Needless to say we were giddy with pride!

Owls

Clementine 2

8x10 Origingal oil on linen $450 Giclee available $225

Dogwood