The Pie Maker

This was a quick sketch of my daughter's friend, Bambino.  He was the pizza maker and I sketched him while we waited for ours.

More train stuff - Durango & Silverton

This sketch kept me busy and distracted a few years back while I waited for my truck to be repaired.  It is of a another narrow gauge train.  This one is the Durango and Silverton Line out of Durango, Colorado.  Until the steam engine was invented no one traveled faster than anyone else for a millennia or more.  Traveling on horse back was your only option for ground transport.  Then the steam engine could have you traveling consistently at at least 30 mph.

Happy Thanksgiving!! Wild Turkey

Happy Thanksgiving!  This is a colored pencil sketch of a wild turkey.   The real McCoy.  I keep a journal of all the birds I have seen and identified.  My count is at 235, I have sketched or photographed about 1/3 of them.  So enjoy your food coma and the holiday.

Pre-Thanksgiving Travel

Ok, so this is not from Thanksgiving travel.. I am staying home.  This is for all the hardy souls battling the weather and the delays.  I sketched this on a flight back from Florida.  Happy Thankgiving and travel safe.

Rio Grande Narrow Gauge steam engine Oil Painting

This is an oil painting of a Denver Rio Grande Steam engine in southern Colorado.  It is a narrow gauge train, which the company used initially because it was easier and cheaper to build in the mountains.  Some of these still operate as tourist lines independent from the big railroads.  A small piece of the past still chugging along.   This particular line is gone but the mountain remains and just down the valley is the Cumbres and Toltec railroad.  It is definitely worth the trip to ride and see.

Capt Tom Tug boat

There is not a lot of boat traffic on the Potomac River, but do get an occasional tug pushing a sand barge.  I saw thew Capt Tom pushing one and though he would make a good pen and ink drawing.

Bear and Staff Pub - London

Since it is the weekend and I really don't want to go to work, I will keep with the Bar theme.  Last year, I went to London for work and managed to slip out for one evening for some pub and sketch time.  This was the bar at the Bear and Staff, I had to massively simplify and sketch quickly.  The bar maid was the hardest to capture since she was a whirlwind of activity, as all good bar tenders are in a busy evening.  This sketch was accomplished with the help of 40 Shilling Ale and Strong Bow cider.