WVWS Signature Exhibition

Spring Thaw

(Acrylic with collage)

Composition In Blue and Gold

(Acrylic)

These two paintings are part of the West Virginia Watercolor Society's Signature Exhibition currently in Morefield West Virginia.

Learn more about the exhibit and about the WVWS at wvwatercolorsociety.org

WATER'S EDGE AND WATER'S EDGE II

Water's Edge II

WATER'S EDGE

Water's Edge and Water's Edge II are included in "The River" Exhibition for professional artists at the Parkersburg Art Center which runs through September.

"Father and Son" Earns Best of Show

"Father and Son" has earned Best of Show AND the People's Choice Award in the WVWS All Member Exhibit at Gallery Eleven, 1025 Quarrier Street, Charleston, West Virginia.  The show will run through December 2017.  Please stop by the gallery and see the show if you can.  It's a wonderful place to do some of your holiday shopping.

Learn more about the West Virginia Watercolor Society at www.wvwatercolorsociety.org or visit the Gallery Eleven website at www.galleryeleven.com.

Rain Forest

"Rain Forest" is on display through August at the Parkersburg Art Center as part of their 2017 regional exhibition.  The theme this year is "wild" so I pulled out all my bright colors and created an abstract based on the wild things that might live and grow in the tropics.  Quite a departure from my somber and mysterious paintings of late, but SO much fun!

"Cairn V - I Was Here" selected for AWS 150th Exhibition

I was notified earlier this month that "Cairn V" has been selected for inclusion in the American Watercolor Society's 150th Annual International Exhibition this coming April in New York.  What an honor!  Learn more about AWS on their website americanwatercolorsociety.org.

"Revival"

"Revival"  15 x 22  Watercolor 

My intention with this painting was to use some bright colors and create something with a "cheerful" attitude.  As I painted I was listening to some Neil Diamond music and the tent shapes took on new meaning...remember Brother Love's Travelin' Salvation Show?

See it now through mid November at the Parkersbug Art Center.  It's part of the West Virginia Watercolor Society's 2016 All Member Exhibit.

Cairn V Earns First Place in "The River"

"Cairn V - I Was Here"

"Tribute to the Stonecutter"

These two pieces are included in "The River" Biennial Juried Exhibition for professional artists at the Parkersburg Art Center.  The Exhibit will run through August 6, 2016.  Both pieces are water media on watercolor board, 20 x 16.  "Cairn V" earned First Place in the exhibit.

Tribute to the Stonecutter was completed first.  It represents my great great grandfather, a Frenchman who came to the U. S. in 1860.  He was a stone mason.  I often think of him as I paint my rocks.  He must have been very strong.  Rocks represent strength to me and are a recurring theme in my artwork.

After painting "Stonecutter" I decided I would make a rock painting that represented myself.  Cairns are trail markers that let the traveller know that they are on the right path, that someone else has passed this way before.  "Cairn V" declares my own existance and place in the world and acknowledges that we are all on this journey together.