A Silver Fish

This fish is painted using actual silver leaf in the body. It reflects the light beautifully and I'm planning to use it judiciously amongst the fish that will be painted with the silver metallic oil paint in the grand oeuvre in process.

Experimenting with Silver

I'm working on a large painting which will involve many little silver fish so I'm trying to decide which metallic silver I want to use. This little guy was painted with silver oil paint.

Floating in Tropical Waters

There is something about a cold snowy day to make one nostalgic about tropical locales. My feet were cold the entire time I spent painting this, but it gave me a warm feeling!

The sun was shining

The sun finally showed itself today and I guess that became the impetus for this painting which is nearly complete. I worked very fast because I wanted my brush strokes to show movement and I was afraid the sun would hide again.

Really Wet

This little watercolor really gives the feeling of wetness. I really like the abstractness of it. I was in Florida this past weekend so naturally water was on my mind.

Synchronized Swimmers

This series of watercolors (there are five all together, but I've only shown three) has great potential for some kind of kinetic display which I'm still pondering.

White Rock Lake

This little painting is a view of the lake through the trees. The sun was shining on the water and made it quite brilliant which couldn't really be duplicated with oil paints. I had the idea of the space between the trees being a kind of portal.