All of my landscape paintings are site specific, meaning that they are either painted on location en plein air or from photographs that I have taken in my travels around this amazing country that I live in. My primary medium is Gouache (opaque watercolor) or occasionally acrylic or oils.
"TwoTrees" Gouache on archival paint board. 13" X 20"
  • "Leaf fall", Gouache on Arches watercolor paper. !3" X 18" This is a real tree. Species unknown. Yes, some of the leaves are really that big. I was captivated by the energy of the leaves falling from the tree during a late October day. An explosion of colors and shapes.
A tributary of the Tittabawassee river, near Gladwin Michigan. Gouache on Yupo. 9" X 12"
  • The May June issue of the Artists magazine. I made the cut in the "Artists over 60" art competition. It's always a thrill to receive this level of international exposure.
"Road trip" Driving through a redwood forest on the northern coast of California. Gouache on Yupo.
"Branching out" This is a real tree that exists in the Napa Valley area of northern California.
"Eucalyptus Forest" Appearing in the July 2023 issue of The Artists Magazine "Spash 24" Best of Watercolor international art competition.
Yosemite Valley, El Capitan blue wall
"Burn out" Yosemite Mariposa Grove
"California dreaming" The rolling hills of Northern California
"Pictured Rocks National Lake Shore" near Munising Michigan, The southern shore of lake Superior
A tributary of the Schiawassi River near Gladwin Michigan
"Verticality." Yosemite National Park. Gouache on Canson paint board.