View from Lake Lansing North

Painting done from some photos I took while hiking the Lake Lansing North Park trails. The sun was super low and was casting one of the longest shadows I have ever seen. I just couldn't bear not rendering this amazing scene somewhat realistically.

Kentucky Portraits

In the spring of 2009, my two brothers and I took a road trip to Georgetown, KY. These portraits are from some of the photos taken on the trip. The first is a self-portrait, followed by my brother Neil (who is now in the Air Force) and his twin brother Dan (in college). Work (as usual) done in watercolor, inks, and gouache.

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Traverse City sunset(?) over the Lelanau Peninsula. If you don't know you better ask somebody.

Deep, Deep Swamp

Here is a detail of a painting I was working on a couple weeks back. For those of you who might not know, the lower peninsula of Michigan is essentially concrete-covered boggy wetlands. This is one area that remains uncovered near my home. If you look close enough you can see the plentiful mosquitoes (okay they are just paint splatters, but we can pretend).