The Neighbors' Yard

“The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.”
- Arnold H. Glasow

This drawing is ink on paper.

Clouds

"Happiness is where we find it, but very rarely where we seek it."
- J. Petit Senn

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.

Working Late

 “If work were so pleasant, the rich would keep it for themselves.” – Mark Twain

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.

Morning Moment

 “At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear.” - Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It and Other Stories

Chesapeake Sunrise

“We can only appreciate the miracle of a sunrise if we have waited in the darkness” - Anonymous

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.

At Sunrise

 “It doesn’t matter where you are, you are nowhere compared to where you can go.” - Bob Proctor

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.

The Bathroom Window

“My favorite journey is looking out the window.” - Edward Gorey

This drawing on is graphite pencil on 11" x 8.5" paper.

At This Hour

 “Happiness, not in another place but this place… not for another hour, but this hour.” - Walt Whitman

This painting is 18" x 24" oil on stretched canvas. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Married

Door No. 1 

 Door No. 2

It doesn't matter where you go in life. It's who you have beside you.

These Valentine's Day lovers paintings are 7" x 5" oil on canvas board. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy one or both of these paintings.

New Tires

“Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.”
- Bill Moyers

I seem to be on a cars/driving theme this week. This drawing is pen & pencil on 11" x 8.5" paper.

Joe's Garage

 “I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.”
- Albert Einstein

This painting is 24" x 24" oil on stretched canvas. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Jasmine Green Tea

“The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is now.” - Robert G. Ingersoll

This drawing is graphite pencil on 11" x 8.5" paper.

Apple

“Why not go out on a limb? That’s where the fruit is.” - Mark Twain

This sketch is pencil on 8.5 x 5.5 toned tan paper.

Standing Guard

"Hard work does not necessarily guarantee success, but no success is possible without hard work." - Dr. T. P. Chia

This painting is 24" x 24" oil on stretched canvas. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Rekindling

"What good is creativity if you can't churn it out?" That was a quote hanging in an art director's cubicle where I once worked. It was silly, but it was 100% spot on. You can't be creative without creating... something.

I'm not going to bore you with the "oh, I'm still here making art" promise I made before, but I am going to try will be painting more. Starting this weekend. But like exercise, it's a lapsed habit I want to will correct.

Part of that habit will come in the form of sharing work like this...

... and this.

I want to thank all of you for sticking around and providing encouragement. Let's rekindle this fire.

The Waves

“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air…” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Together

“To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude.” - Jeanne Moreau


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

A Walk

“I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.” - Henry David Thoreau

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

It's Showtime Folks!

I may have been quiet online lately, but that doesn't mean the art has stopped. This weekend and next weekend are the two biggest weekends on Delaware's art show calendar. The Rehoboth Art League is a quiet escape in the nation's summer capital. Under the pines and away from the beach crowds this juried show not only features many of Delaware's most well known artists, but embraces you with 3.5 acres of ample natural beauty.

Tent Location: Booth #3 - This is a new spot for me and it's in front of the historic Homestead.

1st Weekend: Saturday & Sunday, August 8 & 9, 2014 (rain or shine)
2nd Weekend: Saturday & Sunday, August 16 & 17, 2014 (rain or shine)

Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturdays, 10:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m. Sundays

Admission: $5 - Tickets may be purchased at the Art League or online here.

Parking: Free Jolly Roger shuttle service is available from both the KMART shopping center on Route 1 (see map) and the Rehoboth Beach Elementry School at 500 Stockley Avenue (see map).

Parking in Henlopen Acres is very limited. Please adhere to parking restrictions including parking along the street. All vehicles must park on the grass with tires off the pavement. You will get a ticket if you ignore this rule.

Refreshments: Nage’s Café will be serving lunch in the Chambers Building, lite fare and coffees from The Pointe can be found across from the Corkran Galley, there will be lemonade outside the Children’s Studio and, in the afternoon, join Dogfish Head Brewery in the Homestead Garden for beer, music and a DPR live broadcast.

Fabulous musical entertainment: Familiar local artists and some exciting new faces, along with live entertainment featuring jazz, blue grass, and folk music will create a relaxing atmosphere for spending the day.

Official Website: rehobothartleague.org

Staring Into Darkness

“Stare at the dark too long and you will eventually see what isn’t there.” - Cameron Jace

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.

I know, I know. It's been too long. I haven't dropped off of the face of the Earth, I've just been busy with non-art (read, not cool) work and it's been hard to carve out the necessary time. That means for  twenty minutes here or a thirty minutes there I've been scratching my visual art-creation itch through sketching. Below are a few of the pieces from my sketchbook.