G -Man

This is a Pen and Ink of an Old School G-Man with a Thompson Sub-Machine Gun, a Smith and Wesson revolver, and Fedora.

New Dungeness Lighthouse

This is pencil sketch of the New Dungeness Lighthouse in Washington State.  So if you are leaving Seattle by ship look for this house on the port side as you depart thew Puget Sound and head out into the Pacific.  She sits on a spit of land separated from the main land.  Salmon like the waters off the shore as we saw some jumping clear of the water.

First Painting - Still Life Acrylic

This is my first acrylic painting in my first Art Class with teacher, Jan Peterson.  It is a still life of dried flowers and seed pod.  I was 11 years old.  I made this a present to my God Mother Karen Stevens.  She gave it back to me about 20 years later.

Pen and Ink mailboxes

TGIF, very little art done this week, so this is a pen and ink I did 20 years ago.  I had been doing these since I was a kid, not an original design from me, but I don't remember exactly were I found it.  I have done a few of these for family and add their names to the main mailbox.

African Pied Wagtail

So it was a long day at work, so short post tonite. This is an African Pied Wagtail.  These birds were my breakfast companions in Kenya, they were always on patrol for crumbs and leftovers.  Enjoy the white and black design.

Prairie Twilight - Part 3

Prairie Twilight was dry so I worked some washes and dry brushed various colors into the foreground and sky.  I am not happy with the center right light cloud mass so I will tweak it some more tomorrow night.  Once the white skyline is dryer I will start to add the Pronghorns.

Juneau's Alaska Welcoming committee - the Bald Eagles

Last September, we went on an Alaskan Cruise.  It was beautiful scenery and great wildlife.  This pair of Bald Eagles were perched on a channel marker on the way into Juneau.  I did a little sketching but mostly captured pictures.  Thank God I have a massive lenses to capture great photos of wildlife.  The great thing about being a painter and sketcher is you can fix your photography mistakes in your artwork.  The long term plan is to live this art centered lifestyle all day instead of on vacations and on the edges of each day.