This was done from a photo reference used with permission by Gavin Banns (Zarathustra, on WetCanvas!). The subject is an old farm that was converted into an office park called Narborough Wood Park, in Enderby, England. The image of a winter sunset really appealed to me; the sky seemed to make everything in the scene a shade of orange while the light front on the ground sparkled. I used a limited palette to try and recreate the image in my painting. This painting is currently in a private collection in Illinois.

I painted this for one of the group projects at the WetCanvas! web forums. The project was a monthly animals/wildlife one, where a photo reference is provided and everyone works in whatever medium they wish. Being quite fond of birds (especially parrots) myself, I couldn't pass this lovely fellow up.

This was one of five paintings I completed specifically for an art show in Manhattan. The show had a theme of "Text in Visual Art," so I approached this theme by gathering photo references of anything in the world around me that had text already on it. The title of each painting then became something in reference to the text in the painting. This was from a photo reference of the Times Square area, used with permission by Dave Baker. Anyone who's ever been to Times Square can attest to the overwhelming nature of the place: Neon and billboards and signs that cover entire buildings; every square inch of the place is covered with some sort of ad or information or graffiti. I titled the painting Deluge, referring to this endless flood of words.

This was one of five paintings I completed specifically for an art show in Manhattan. The show had a theme of "Text in Visual Art," so I approached this theme by gathering photo references of anything in the world around me that had text already on it. The title of each painting then became something in reference to the text in the painting. This was from a photo reference of a coastal path in Southern England, used with permission by Dave Baker. I liked the simplicity of the scene - grass, marker stone, fence, sky.

I painted this for one of the group projects at the WetCanvas! web forums. The theme of the project was Monty Python. We were meant to create a piece of art inspired by the works of Monty Python, in any medium we wished. The Spam sketch was the first thing that popped into my mind, so I ran to the store, bought a can of Spam, set up a simple still life with it and painted it. This painting is currently in a private collection in New York.

This was one of five paintings I completed specifically for an art show in Manhattan. The show had a theme of "Text in Visual Art," so I approached this theme by gathering photo references of anything in the world around me that had text already on it. The title of each painting then became something in reference to the text in the painting. This was from a photo I took in a cemetery in Tallahassee, FL. The grave was a child's, and the stone had been shattered (by weather or by vandalism, I didn't know). Someone had attempted to reassemble the pieces, and this was how I found it.

This was one of five paintings I completed specifically for an art show in Manhattan. The show had a theme of "Text in Visual Art," so I approached this theme by gathering photo references of anything in the world around me that had text already on it. The title of each painting then became something in reference to the text in the painting. This was from a photo reference of a Ben & Jerry's ice cream factory in Vermont, used with permission by Dave Baker. I found the milk and cream labels on these enormous silos to be amusing. The day was very grey and rainy, so those are storm clouds in the sky.

This was one of five paintings I completed specifically for an art show in Manhattan. The show had a theme of "Text in Visual Art," so I approached this theme by gathering photo references of anything in the world around me that had text already on it. The title of each painting then became something in reference to the text in the painting. This was from a photo reference of a burger joint in California, used with permission by Dave Baker. I liked the perspective, the way the building seems to loom. I call it Bait because that's what the words are - an enticement to reel you in so you'll buy their fast food.

This painting was commissioned by someone who saw the Oxford Churchyard painting after it had been sold and wanted something similar. I went to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, which is not far from where I lived in Westchester, NY, at the time, and took a large number of photos from all over the cemetery. I wound up painting this one because I really liked the pose of the statue, and I thought it would make a good focal point. I found it interesting to paint this one after having done the Oxford one. All of the gravestones at Sleepy Hollow are much more recently placed as compared to the Oxford stones, and most of them are still in good condition. It gave the whole painting a very different feel, despite the similarity of subject matter. This painting is currently in a private collection in Texas.