Featured Paintings

As an artist my paintings almost never feel like they are complete or done very well. There are areas of the paintings that I think could have been done better or differently. There is also a tendency to overwork a painting. Once that is done it usually makes the painting worse. After completing a painting I usually put it on a music stand in my living room and look at the painting many times over a weeks period just to see how the finished painting feels to me.

On a rare occasion I actually feel as if a painting is done as well as I could possibly have made it and truly like the finished product. This section will include such paintings, ones that I like as well as paintings that others, mostly other artists, have deemed to be excellent paintings by winning an award.

As I was assembling this page I found it interesting that the paintings that have won awards all are based on building and or structures while my personal favorites are all Landscapes or Waterscapes.

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Awards and Honors

Portofino

This painting was inspired by a photograph that I took during a cruise in the Mediterranean. It was the first of my paintings that won an award, Voted Artist of the Month for January 2017 at the San Leandro Art Association b y the attending members and guests.

7 1/4" 14 1/4" Watercolor

Original and Giclee's available. Please visit the Landscape and/or the Giclee sections to view availability and pricing.

Rainbow Farm #C177-1

This painting was voted Artist of the Month for March 2023 by the members and guests at the San Leandro Art Association monthly meeting.

11" x 15" Watercolor

Home on the Farm #C202-1

I was voted Artist of the Month for the second time in 2023. The members and guests at the San Leandro Art Association meeting in August 2023 bestowed that honor upon this painting.

11" x 15" Watercolor

Dilapidated #C216-2

Again I was honored with the San Leandro Art Association Artist of the Month for February 2024 for this painting.

11" x 15" Watercolor

Abandoned #C226-B

August 2024 saw this painting win the Artist of the Month at the San Leandro Art Association monthly meeting.

11" x 15" Watertcolor

Rainy Day Reflections #DR2502

This painting was chosen as one of three Artist of the Month for March 2025 and is being used on print posters and media promotion of the San Leandro Art Association Spring Art Fest in May of 2025

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A Few of My Favorite Paintings
Actually I have many favorites. Perhaps I will rotate the images on this page with older paintings as well as newer paintings that become additional favorites.

Misty Morning #C138-1

One of my favorites. I love the way the mist

is conveyed on the other side of the creek.

11" x 15" Watercolor

Rocky Coastline #C144-1

Inspired by a beautiful Hawaiian beach.

Who doesn't like a beautiful ocean view.

11" x 15" Waterco;or

Tuscan Vineyard #DR2404

Tuscany Italy is lush and beautiful with rolling hills surrounded by vineyards and every hilltop seemingly having a winery perched on top.

11" x 15" Watercolor

Icy Strait Point Cannery #C219-4

Inspired by a photograph I took while on an Alaskan cruise. One of the ports-of-call was Icy Strait Point. At one time, fishing was the big industry but has since all but disappeared. The original cannery has been converted into a shopping opportunity and a museum.

11" x 15" Watercolor

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