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Choices

When I complete a painting, the final image is the culmination of many, many decisions that were made throughout the process.Color.Texture.Hard edges.Broken edges.More?Less?Palette knife?Brush?How ...

Experience

I'm all about the "experience".And for me, it's not about going, or doing. It's about being right where I am. Making the most of the moment. Right here. Right now.It's about touching each of the se...

Matter

My Dad was a quiet man.Not quiet in an uncomfortable way. He just didn't use words frivolously.He used an amount we could listen to. No more.If he were alive today I would try to savor each one bec...

Coffee Table Book

Books are one of my greatest passions. They can be food for the soul.The touch, the smell, the experience of turning one page at a time.It is with great pleasure that I introduce my contribution to...

Light

To challenge myself is like putting a log on the fire. It ignites the imagination, even though at times it may be a slow process for the log to catch the spark, and with nurturing, become a flame. ...

"God's Story"

In 2007, Christ Community Church in Franklin, Tennessee commissioned me to do a painting that would prove to be one of the most challenging, yet rewarding pieces that I had done to that day. Due to...

Story

I am sitting here with my cup of coffee this morning pondering a very large painting that I just completed. It is only the second time in all these years of being an artist that I have painted a pi...

The Making of a Painting – Part 4: The Result

We've reached the end of the series and here is the final result. “In God We Trust” ended up being one of the more complicated paintings I have ever pursued. But I’m so glad I did.Thank you for joi...

The Making of a Painting – Part 3

So the concept was complete and it was time to paint.With most paintings I do, I actually stage the composition (except for the birds) and I photograph it. That photograph is what I then paint from...

The Making of a Painting – Part 2

Before I begin a painting, there must be inspiration. And from that inspiration, a concept is revealed.For me, the concept is the "soul" of my painting. Since paint has become my voice, the paintin...