Almost Spring

"A good neighbor is a fellow who smiles at you over the back fence, but doesn't climb over it." - Arthur Baer

This painting is 6" x 8" oil on canvas panel. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting

Machine at Sunset

"The road to success is always under construction." - Lily Tomlin

I have no idea what this thing is, but I thought it looked cool. If you know what it is, leave a comment. I'd love to know.

This painting is 7" x 5" oil on canvas panel. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting

Henry & Warren

“There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.” - Aldous Huxley

This painting is 8" x 6" oil on canvas panel. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Tops of Buildings

"Do not say, 'It is morning,' and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name." - Rabindranath Tagore

This painting is 8" x 6" oil on canvas board. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Salt

"Before anything else, preparation is the key to success." - Alexander Graham Bell

This painting is 6" x 8" oil on canvas panel. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Winter Show in Baltimore

Join us at the Crystal Moll Gallery for a night of jazz and fine art in the beautiful Federal Hill neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. I'll be in this show along other talented artists including Tom Kelly, Crystal Moll, Bruno Baran, Stewart White, Tom Ritchie, Sam Robinson, and Murray Taylor. The opening reception will be Thursday, February 16th from 5 PM until 8 PM. The show will be on display until March 31st.

Crystal Moll Gallery
1030 South Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
410.952.2843
Hours: Wed-Fri 12 noon - 6 PM

Afternoon in the Alley

"Spend the afternoon. You can't take it with you." - Annie Dillard

This painting is 8" x 6" oil on canvas board panel. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Strung Up

"Unrest of spirit is a mark of life; one problem after another presents itself and in the solving of them we can find our greatest pleasure." - Karl Menniger

This painting is 11" x 8" oil on hardboard. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Town Hall

"Opportunity follows struggle. It follows effort. It follows hard work. It doesn't come before." - Shelby Steele

I usually don't photograph my paintings indoors, but it has been so foggy and cold outside. Good thing I have an indoor event on Saturday!

This painting is 11" x 8" oil on hardboard. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

I received my 2012 Individual Artist Fellowship comments today. They mentioned that I should consider making larger work for the second year in a row. I think it's time I take that advice. Be prepared to see some bigger pieces.

Brrrrr...

Upcoming Indoor Show

This is an exciting opportunity for parents to see what the Harford Day School in Bel Air, MD can offer, an inspired and diverse environment. There will be yoga instructors, the Maryland Zoo, games, food, something exciting called "Tiddlywinks", and art. It promises to be a warm spot during the cold of January.

Address: 715 Moores Mill Road, Bel Air, MD 21014

Date: January 28, 2012

Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m

Admission: Free

Parking: Parking is available at the school.

On The Roof

"Do you ever wonder if the guy in the puddle is real, and you're just a reflection of him?" ― Bill Watterson

This painting is 6" x 6" oil on hardboard. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting. 

Replenish

"We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came." - John F. Kennedy

This painting is 6" x 8" oil on canvas panel. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Victorian

"I could never stay long enough on the shore; the tang of the untainted, fresh, and free sea air was like a cool, quieting thought." - Helen Keller

This painting of the Boardwalk Plaza hotel in Rehoboth Beach, DE is 8" x 6" oil on canvas panel. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Urban Winter Morning

 "For what human ill does not dawn seem to be an alleviation?" - Thornton Wilder

This painting is 6" x 8" oil on canvas panel. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Morning Commute

"Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it." - Ellen DeGeneres

This painting is 5" x 7" oil on canvas panel. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Secured

"To contemplate is to look at shadows." - Victor Hugo

This painting is 8" x 6" oil on canvas panel. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Salem Nightlife

"Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark." - Theodore Parker

This painting is 11" x 8" oil on hardboard. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Bear Meeting House

"Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home." - Edith Sitwell

This painting is 9" x 12" oil on hardboard. When I told my neighbor I'd paint his house I had two paintings in mind and this is the second one. This piece is part of the Winter Show at Crystal Moll Gallery, starting February 16th.

I'd also like to share some recognition I received on Friday. I was chosen for an honorable mention for the Delaware Division of the Arts 2012 Fellowship program. This is quite a feat for this very competitive award!

Sunset at Salem

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." - Lao Tzu

This painting is 7" x 5" oil on canvas panel. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

I want to wish everyone a very happy holiday, whichever one you celebrate (or even none at all!) 

Quiet Time

"When fortune calls, offer her a chair" - Yiddish Proverb

This painting is 7" x 5" oil on canvas panel. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.