Sometimes an image captures my eye and I feel compelled to recreate it and that’s how I felt when I saw a picture of the Houston Water Wall in our local newspaper, the Houston Chronicle. I used illustration board for the structures. I like it because it’s thick and sturdy enough for walls, but it […]
There’s a hike and bike trail down the block from me that I like to walk on. One spring day I was venturing on my favorite trail that goes around a small lake. I was lost in thought and not really paying attention when suddenly saw this tree full of yellow pom pom blooms. I […]
Welcome HomeAcrylic on canvas48″ x 36″ This was a gift for a son and it’s the view from his property. He wanted both a landscape painting and pet portrait in one. The two dogs in the sky have passed and were special members of the family. Then there are these three, still being shits, but […]
Leek in a BoatMixed media in cigar box This little guy was made for my sister after her cat broke the original sculpture. That cat did her a favor, this one turned out better. I used polymer clay to sculpt the leek and paper clay to sculpt the boat and painted it all using matte […]
Gasthaus zum Bahnhof Watercolor 20″ x 16″ This is a special watercolor that I painted for my dad’s birthday He grew up in a small town on the river Jagst called Neudenau. His family owned a restaurant next to the train station where he learned the business and later becoming a chef.
In 1981 I saw a movie that left quite the impression on my seven year old little mind. Time Bandits is a British fantasy film co-written, produced and directed by Terry Gilliam, of Monty Python fame. The Process I started by using Super Sculpey to sculpt the giant. People are not my thing, so the […]
I watched the launch and as the James Webb Space Telescope left Earth’s atmosphere. I watched the miles tick down as the telescope reached its orbit a million miles away and I watched as each step of its unfolding was deployed. And now I eagerly wait for the images to be shared. Each of its […]
Did you say hello? No, I said ‘ello, but that’s close enough. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the movie Labyrinth It was hard choosing one scene to recreate, but I went with the one where Sarah first enters the labyrinth and meets the little worm. I created Mr. Worm using polymer clay, matte acrylic paint and […]
Saint Bob Ross, patron saint to happy little artists everywhere, beating the devil out of his brush I grew up watching The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross on PBS… good memories. I like how he made little stories up, as he went along, of the elements he painted and how it was all positive. […]
Every year for Christmas I make ornaments for my sister and her family My nephew became an Eagle Scout this year This one is in memory of Ginger and Wally For my brother-in-law a Bigfoot. One thing I noticed when looking at how others depicted the guy was that they never gave him any junk, […]
