Paintings

I studied art years ago, worked for a billboard company for a short while and then got side tracked by the exigencies of life.

I returned to painting in 2019. While I have not studied directly under Mark Carder, I have been influenced by his methods of painting, a process that requires careful observation and technical skills for rendering a realistic image.

All of the still life paintings are done by setting the subject up in a shadow box under controlled lighting. The other paintings are done based on multiple photos taken of the subject matter.

Echoes of a Bygone Muse

24" x 24" (61cm x 61cm) Oil on Canvas 2025

Waiting at the Station

24" x 18" (61cm x 46cm) Oil on ACM Panel 2024

102nd Art Association of Madison County

Summertime Pines

18" x 22" (46cm x 56cm) Oil on ACM Panel 2024

First Brush of Spring

11" x 14" (10cm x 36cm) Oil on ACM Panel 2024

Harvest and Harmony

14" x 16" ( 41 x 36cm) Oil on ACM panel 2024

Seeking Safe Harbor

24" x 24" (61 x 61cm) Oil on Canvas 2023

2024 - 100th Annual Hoosier Salon

The Teaching

24" x 24" (61cm x 61cm) Oil on Canvas - 2023

The Final Flight of Qin Shi Huang

24" x 24" (61cm x 61cm) Oil on Canvas - 2023

92nd Annual Exhibition Indiana Artists Club, Juried

Three Beetles

12" x 8 1/2" (30cm x 22cm) Oil on ACM Panel - 2023

Nature's Inspiration Exhibition - First Place (Fine Arts)

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Yellow Warbler

11" x 14" (10cm x 36cm) Oil on ACM Panel 2023

The Nutcracker

5" x 7" (13cm x 18cm) Oil on ACM panel - 2023

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Card Games

24" x 24" (61cm x 61cm) Oil on Panel - 2022

101st Artists Association of Madison County Annual Exhibit, Best of Show

2nd Place Still Life 99th Annual Hoosier Salon Exhibition

The Cartomancer's Table

24" x 24" (61cm x 61cm) Oil on Canvas - 2022

99th Annual Hoosier Salon Exhibition

2024 Blackford County Artist Association - Honorable Mention

Infinite Jest (aka The Writer's Desk)

22" x 32" (56cm x 81cm) Oil on ACM Panel - 2022

Best of Show - 2023 Blackford County Arts Center Annual Juried Exhibit

91st Annual Juried Exhibition Indiana Artists Club held at Museum of Art at Newfields

The Librarian's Sidekick

24" x 24" (61cm x 61 cm) Oil on ACM Panel - 2022

2023 Blackford County Arts Center Annual Juried Exhibit

Thinking Outside the Buddha Box

11" x 14" (28cm x 36cm) Oil on ACM Panel - 2022

2nd Place - 12th Annual Figures of Speech Exhibit

Paper Tiger

15" x 36" (38cm x 91cm) Oil on Canvas -2021

Anderson Museum Of Art

11th Annual Figures of Speech Exhibition

Best of Show

Hidden Treasures

24" x 24" (61cm x 61 cm) Oil on ACM Panel - 2021

3rd Place Still Life 98th Hoosier Salon Exhibition

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The Wedding Basket

15" x 36" (38cm x 91cm) Oil on Canvas - 2021

98th Annual Hoosier Salon

45th Annual Indiana Heritage Arts Exhibition

My Morning Song

24" x 36" (61cm x 91cm) Oil on Canvas - 2020

97th Hoosier Salon - First Place - Still Life Category
1st Place Award - 100th Art Association of Madison County Annual Exhibition - Anderson Museum of Art