Possibilities for creating an original painting on yupo are endless and very exciting. The slick, plastic finish of the product (the same material as that bar code identifier used on your luggage at airports) offers a chance to manipulate paint to make fascinating patterns as a background for your images or as the foundation for […]

I was painting on top of the hill in the palace gardens on 9/11/2001, when the twin towers were hit. We didn’t hear about it until we returned to the hotel. The management had special electricians come to the hotel and hook our rooms up to CNN in English so we could stay informed. It […]

This was an easy, fun and inexpensive way to contribute time to a worthy charity without them asking for free donations of good paintings that they would auction off at 1/5 the market price and then never send a thank you note. But I do want to give back to the community in ways that […]

Sometimes you finish a painting and technically it is as good as any you’ve done, but it doesn’t have that “feeling” you wanted. I photographed my three-year old niece on her first horseback ride. She was so proud to be sitting on that big horse. The painting, however,  was so detailed that it lost the […]

The large indoor market in Porto, Portugal is a strong mix of the smell of fish, fruit and flowers and the sounds of laboring and laughter. The three women featured in Gossip Break were perfect subject matter to capture the experience that day.     I started with bright colors for the underpainting, which I […]

I think was the early 90’s when I religiously watched Tom Lynch’s  program (before we could record). It was my early days with watercolor and not only could this guy paint, but he was really attractive. When I learned that he was giving a workshop in Orlando, I rounded up several other artists and we […]

I don’t paint with watercolors as much these days, but this earlier work seemed perfect to post on Fine Art America where people can order prints, canvases or greeting cards with a personalized message. It’s so easy to find just the theme or mood you are looking for on their site and then write what […]

I was about 8 years old when I tried to teach my brother to fly. I put his two little 5-year-old hands through the handles of two large aluminum garbage can lids. We were up on our garage roof which sloped down slightly from a peak in the middle and seemed perfect for a good […]

Thank you Old Hyde Park Art Center for presenting such a great exhibit of very talented artists. Seeing the work and awards of all the other participants added to the thrill of my award, Grand Champion, Best of Show. And my niece, Katie Lindsley, my model , will be  so happy. So will her dog, […]

This painting, “Crows”, was a different direction for me, the impatient, alla prima type artist. It involved several steps of mixing, layering, scratching, drawing and painting, drying each step in between. I do like the results, in spite of the fact that, true to my nature, I skipped a couple of steps. One nice thing […]

  This painting goes to the Morean Arts Center in St. Petersburg today for the annual Instructor/Student exhibit, for the month of May. It’s amazing how much feedback I get on the subject matter. It seems almost everybody has taken the M line to Brooklyn at one time or another.

Having sold my previous large triptych at Studio@620’s Bob Devin Jones’ Director’s Choice exhibit, I was again faced with a big blank wall behind my bed with just two weeks before hosting an art party at my loft. That wall CAN’T be blank! Everything I’ve ever hung in the space has sold so I’m now […]

Nothing can compare to an original work, but with some over painting and texturizing by the artist, a scanned quality print, beautifully stitched together by a perfectionist printer/friend can come pretty darn close. Thank you Bradley Erickson of Grand Central Stained Glass and Graphics for your beautiful job. It hangs in Atlanta now in a […]

I was aware of a slump in creative energy for the past few months and realized it coincided with my partner’s five hospital stays in the past year and a half and my post operative care when I took him home each time. If forcing a smile tricks your body into thinking it’s happy, as […]

It’s a real book. You can open the hard cover and turn pages. My work is in it and I didn’t have to enter a competition. I was asked by North Light Books publishers to be among featured national artists who use bold, colorful palettes to express themselves. My two selected paintings are Child with […]