Puget Sound Quick Sketch

In September, I was on a ship in the Puget Sound during the "Golden Hour" near sunset.  It was especially beautiful and relaxing.   I took many photos and did this quick sketch as the islands rode by.  If you get the chance to go; GO, I will definitely go back.  Enjoy!

Ruby Throated Hummingbird and Trumpet Vine

Today's post is an Oil Painting of a Ruby Throated Hummingbird drinking from a Trumpet Vine Flower.  We had these vines and birds in our yard in Salt Lake City, Utah and I decided to capture it in this painting.  Enjoy!

Early Colored Pencil New Mexico Landscape Study

This is an early colored pencil drawing from 1996.  It is a New Mexico study.  I like the Malcolm Gladwell "10,000 hour" theory to mastering skills.  I strive to sketch and paint everyday to reach those "10,000 hours."  So enjoy, while I work on those hours.

Chicago Skyline quick sketch

I take a small sketchbook with me most days.  I try to sneak  little sketches or ideas.  This was a quick sketch during a break at a conference in Chicago.  I definitely want to go back and see more of this great city.

Happy Birthday, Son

This is Radar, he is my son's Teddybear.  He has kept James company thru think and thin.  James did this piece on a Mother's Day card last year.   

Battery Point Lighthouse

Today's piece is a pastel study of Battery Point Lighthouse in California.  I might play with this some more and paint it in oil.  Enjoy! 

Day of the Dead - Pumpkin King

Happy Day of the Dead - This is a pencil sketch of the Pumpkin King.  He reigns over the pumpkin patch till Halloween and the Day of the Dead.  He then hibernates till the next fall.