Stars and StripesCigar wood paper, acrylic paint and silver metal leaf inside a cigar box This piece was commissioned for someone that breeds Bettas and he was trying to get them bred in time for the fourth of July. He succeeded. I used a sheet of thin wood paper from a cigar box to create […]
Phases of the Moon I love the way this one turned out. I wanted it to look like the big golden moon I get to see rising outside my studio window. Infinity I was chatting with a patron that had a tattoo of an analemma on her arm. An analemma is a figure-eight shaped graph […]
The Gig ’em Cloud Acrylic on canvas 36″ x 24″ My nephew graduated high school this year and had his sight set on only one school, Texas A&M. Even though he was called on by other universities wanting him to attend their school he only wanted A&M. He is interested in becoming an engineer in […]
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 […]
Reflected AwarenessAcrylic and silver metal leaf on canvas20″ x 20″ I’m also calling this one the space Buddha. Colors can have powerful effects on our psyche and I wanted to create a piece that invoked calmness. I used the colors of blue and green for their healing and rejuvenating properties. The seven stars represent the […]
Tree of LifeAcrylic and copper metal leaf on board23¾” x 32″ I really like using metal leaf in my paintings. Metal leaf is a very thin sheet of foil and comes in gold, silver or copper colors. I first apply an adhesive and after it has dried I take a sheet and lay it on, […]
Originally, I made these pieces using pastels, but I decided to switch to acrylic so that I can add more detail. I like doing details, because I can lose myself in the intricacies. This one was painted after the recent landing of the NASA rover, Perseverance, on the planet Mars. Joining the rovers Sojourner, Spirit […]
The Drake equation is: where: N = the number of civilizations in our galaxy with which communication might be possible (i.e. which are on our current past light cone); and R∗ = the average rate of star formation in our galaxy fp = the fraction of those stars that have planets ne = the average […]
St. Petersburg, Russia Acrylic and gold metal leafing on board 32″ x 18″ My mother is Prussian and loves the land of the Tsars. For their 50th wedding anniversary my parents went on their dream trip. My gift to them was this painting. Painting buildings and structures generally isn’t my thing, but this was a […]
