"Locked in"

Hope you can tell why we picked the title. This family pet has turned into a great retriever.

I framed this once it was finished and put it in the gallery window. Without telling the owner of the dog my friend surprised him by taking him by the shop to see it. Needless to say he was blown away. I am so glad.

Reference photo

A friend of a friend was duck hunting with his dog "Scooter" and took this great photo. I just had to paint it. Next image will show painting.

The President's residence

This is the residence or

the President of Middle Tennessee State University. A home I was in many times during my tenure at the school. I painted it recently from a photo taken a winter ago. It is a wonderful home.

Shady Lane

This is one I finished a while back but still a favorite. From Kentucky on an Amish farm. Enjoy.

Just one of 101

Here I am painting one of the 101 pochades in this series of artworks.

I plan to post them each over the next few months to show where I painted

and the end results.

The show has received good reviews so far and the book is progressing along

and should be available by September.

I look forward to sharing it with you.

Start of New show

The paintings are all hung and comments have already been arriving. Thought I would start the "E"-show with the real cover art. The first photo was the photo that I used for the painting.

This new art piece will quickly take its place for the book itself as it goes to the publisher.

This photo was taken by friend and talented photographer Randy Harris and he graciously

agreed to let me use it as a reference. It is not your usual picture of the courthouse but found it to be really interesting and thought it would work well for the cover o the new book.

101 and Nearly Done!

This year long project is about to come to completion. My journey painting scenes of my home county has been a good one. I have met so many nice folks and hopefully become a better painter in the process.

I plan to share these with you over the next few months and will let you know when the book is available.

I look forward to sharing this journey with you all about a place I call "Home".