Grandma Ona's house

This is the back door to my grandmothers house in Waynesburg Kentucky. I did this painting in the early 1990s from a photo that I had taken around 1979 or 1980. Today the house has been renovated, and is owned by my cousin. As for the the picture, it is a 16 x 20 inch oil painting owned by my sister.

Sketchbook tiki

A page from my sketchbook.

palm trees at the beach

The beach at Galveston. This photo was taken on April 14 at 9:58 am. It was early on a Monday morning so we had the entire ocean to ourselves. In my mind, this is the best time to hang out.

Wahine and a Cool Cat

A new painting fresh off of the easel. This is 16 x 24 inches on stretched canvas. As you can tell, I am really into the whole Hawaiian fantasy theme right now. In fact I have another hula dancer in the works, and plan to show some progressive photos of the work in progress.

Pretty in pink

How about a pretty girl in some pink lingerie? This painting was done last year. It is heavily textured and full of buttery paint.

city girl

Dancing in the city on a hot summer night.

What to do with left over paint?

This is a mask that I have been slowly creating over time with piles of left over paint. I have been adding to this for a couple of years. It is pure acrylic paint. When I finish painting, I sometimes have little globs of paint left over so I just slap them on this face with a palette knife.

Star Trek Tiki

The Star Trek crew on tiki island. I thought this looked funny, its a random shot from the junk in my studio.

Tiki Face

A new painting of colorful face inspired by the tiki masks.

Tiki Face 19 x 30 inches acrylic on canvas 2008

Mermaid Pier

I have always found this gift shop to be so cool. I love its character. Yesterday, I went on a photo expedition and took pictures of the interesting beach architecture and signs. The photo below was from 2003, and the one above was taken yesterday.