Flora show

                                                          Morning after the ice storm

 I have put up 10 new paintings at Flora Home and Garden with a winter theme for the season.  They are a mix of contemporary and historic scenes mainly from the Columbus area.

                                                                  Union Station

Raining in Columbus

A couple new paintings done on panel with watercolor and acrylic.  The subject once again is a historic turn of the century view of 'the arch city'

polo studies

I went to my first polo match this fall and have started a few new works.  I have been making a bunch of studies like these and will have some more developed work coming soon.

Horse sketch

A quick sketch I did while at an afternoon cookout on a beautiful farm in central Ohio.
Watercolor and acrylic on wood panel

a couple more Monhegan works

The first is the eastern shore and the second is the Kent house.  It was originally owned by Rockwell Kent and now by Jamie Wyeth

First paintings from Monhegan

The first of many paintings that will be coming from my visit to Monhegan Island in Maine.  One is oil and the other watercolor and acrylic.  Two different styles, but it has been fun playing with these different techniques for different subjects.  

half way

working on another turn of the century high street painting.  found this photo from a few weeks back of a half finished work where the underpainting is very clearly seen.

details

a couple details from paintings that will be in my show in july.  more soon...

paintings for the AMA museum show

ice skating

 A few ice skating paintings done on small panels.

winter

a few new winter scenes for January

new schiller park painting

new small panel of the park in the fall

Maine and Rigsby's

New painting of old high street

Many, but not all, of my paintings of High Street have the iconic arches but most are not actually from the Short North in Columbus.  Back around the turn of the century these arches were put up on high street through what is now down town as well.  I have many people asking me about this so I thought to add a short note on it.

new works from maine

a couple works that didn't make the latest update on my site.  one sunrise, one sunset...

Christina's World

While on a trip up to Maine in May, I was able to visit the Olson house, Made famous by Andrew Wyeth's paintings and drawings.  The most well known of these is 'Christina's World'.  It was an inspiring place for an artist to visit and I would recommend this place to any Wyeth fan.  Being in and around the house was like walking into his work.  You can really get a sense of how his work was formed from each space.  I added a couple images of his paintings so you can see the inspiration.

hilton painting

New painting for the new downtown Hilton.   The new hotel will be featuring a great collection of Ohio artists.  It is great to be part of it!

start of a new work

just started a new painting. sometimes i really like certain parts of a new work when i'm just getting started. often these will change so much as the painting develops i like to record the first steps