LUCID LAVENDER

This is an oil painting of a very beautiful sort of orchid. It is 16" x 20" painted in oil on linen. I used my glazing method for this, for which I first paint a finished, detailed grisaille underpainting, following it with many, very thin glazes of colored paint. I call it "Lucid Lavender".

This painting just received a "People's Choice" Award at the Arizona State Fair 2011

LIVING DESERT

This is a 16" x 20" oil on canvas painting that I used as a demonstration subject for the oil painting class that I teach at a local recreation center. In my class, I furnish each student with photos of the same subject, and I work from the same photo, as I demonstrate for them, as each of them work on their own painting.

I call this one "Living Desert".

September Song

I was inspired to do this painting when I saw these lilies in the first stage of wilting, and so I chose to call it, "September Song". This is 11" x 14", oil on canvas.

GENERAL STORE

I created this oil painting on hardboard, and it is 16" x 20".

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GOLDEN GIRL

This is one of my recent paintings. This is an iris which I have titled, "Golden Girl". It is oil on canvas, painted with my glazing technique, which involves a gray underpainting with many color glazes applied over it. With this painting, I received an "Artist of the Year" at our local art club, the Peoria Fine Arts Association. Shortly after, this painting received an "Honorable Mention" at the Arizona State Fair, 2011, and just recently, at the Glendale Art Competition, 2012, it received a "First Place In Oil", and it was sold at this last show.

HOSTA LILY

The title of this painting is "Hosta Lily". It is a 16" x 16" gallery-wrap canvas. This painting received the "Chairman's Award" at the Peoria Celebration of Artists art competition in March, 2011.