A tremendous storm brought down a huge tree on our property that could easily have crushed our home – but, luckily, it fell away form the house and onto a large pile of firewood and thus was suspended about three feet off of the ground. My Brother and I coaxed … Read More
Not far from my parents home in Charles County, Maryland there once stood an aged Tobacco Barn. The structure was in pretty bad shape and I wanted to capture the site on canvas not only as a landscape but also as my first attempt at creating art that serves as … Read More
One piece from a series of geometric abstracts that I hope to revisit once again… maybe for the first time?
When I was in Kindergarten, my teacher was very concerned that I seemed to express myself during the “coloring” portion of each school day using only red and black crayons. A parent-teacher conference was scheduled. My parents were very concerned. When asked why I only used red and black crayons, … Read More
Some might consider the Memorial Chapel at the University of Maryland to be a fairly complex subject to have been selected as the subject for my very first painting in my very first painting class. I can report that the instructor was impressed with my reach, if not my grasp. … Read More