Ruby

Scarlett Macaws, Beaker and Bunsen

2010 Paramount Art Show

I entered the Paramount Traditional Artists Guild Show again this year. The judge for the show was Michael Humphries. He also did a demo, which was great! I would love to see him paint again. What a treat. He awarded me with second place for my Garlic, and Honorable Mention for my Pomegranate. Thank You.

Palmer

Palmer is a rare Black Palm Cockatoo owned by a friend of mine. What a beautiful bird. It looks as though he is saying "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful"

Eucalyptus

Garlic

Magnolia

Mangos and Orchid

Hailing the Ferryman

Pears

Orchids

This was an image that my nephew wanted me to paint for his girlfriend for a Christmas present. She had taken the original photo, which later was published. I hope she liked it.

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

Tulips

Oh My Clementine!

Original oil 8x10 Giclee available $225

Ocean Palms

Surf

Moons & Stars

I found this plant on a recent walk. It struck me as strange because of the orange orbs and the purple flowers.

Camelia

Dinosaur Caves

This was taken from a photo on a trip to San Luis Obispo County.

Trumpet's Glory

Oranges

Apple

Innocence

Snow

Single Rose

This was an experiment. I used aging and cracking varnish in order to make the painting look older.

Blue Bonnets

Mandolin

Sunshine

This was my first attempt at a portrait. I copied it from a photo of a painting that I found years ago. I do not remember the artist.

Mangos

Koi

Water girl

Peaches

Bouguereau

Woods

School Path

This was my first attempt at paint on location. I ended up using a lot of "artistic license". It doesn't look anythink like the location. Still not sure if I like this one or not.