Fat Bird

He's fat and he's a bird. What more can I say?

Soccer Boys 2

Second in a series of soccer paintings. In this one, I was interested in the curving line of the player on the right and how the shapes fit together. Also you can feel the potential energy of the player on the left.

Soccer Boys

Soccer season is here again. My son's team is 2 and 1 so far. The games are fun to watch, unless you forget to bring enough warm clothes.

Carolina Wren

I took some pictures of this wren on our feeder. He was actually eating a little seed from a peanut butter and seed encrusted magnolia seed pod, but I didn't think that would read well in a painting. Wrens do eat berries occasionally…according to the National Berry Eating Bird Council of America.

Colonel Woolford Q. Woolington III

The Colonel has been a bit upset lately. And who can blame him? The gardeners have been pruning the forsythias too closely and the upstairs staff have neglected to dust the globes of the chandelier again. And then there is the squadron of nephews lounging around the estate trying to ingratiate themselves with dear old uncle in the hopes they will be included in the will. "In my day," harrumphed the colonel, "young people had more spunk!"

For this painting I broke out my old acrylics and went back into illustration mode from years gone by. I even found a bottle of Liquitex acrylic medium that was still good after maybe 25 years.

Spice Bush Swallowtail

On a family trip in East Tennessee we were climbing a mountain called Huckleberry Bald and I took photos of the various flora and fauna. The internet is great for identifying things. This butterfly is a Spice Bush Swallowtail and the flower is a Turk's Cap Lily.

Bunny Bunch

I found a reference photo on paintmyphoto.com and had to test my design ability. The baby rabbits were camouflaged in their background in the photo, so my job was to bring them out, while maintaining some of the same background blending feel.