I’m happy to be back in the Mattie King this season with my running partners Mandy Johnson and Lisa Tuchek hanging in the gallery’s...

I did a few Christmas/winter themed windows for my good friends at the Promise Land Market! If you’re in Morehead City, go get some great...

I’ve been prowling the beach the last month or so, and noticed the tractor is out with its flat bottomed boat for striking and pulling in...

I’ve worked this 24x36” oil on canvas as much as I can! It depicts a spot I frequently sketch and paint in watercolor, and enjoyed...

Another 30x40” in progress! Oil on canvas, this little marshy area is next to a bridge near my son‘s school- the morning light breaking...

I’ve been putting in some time on this Carrot Island piece and like where it’s going. It’s still in progress, and is getting thicker...

This time of year inspires so much. The weather is warm, but less humid, the colors of waning summer turn from all green to greens,...

I try to get out and sketch on the regular. The small sketchbook keeps the process from getting too precious, also making the sketch more...

I have a passion for the line- and the line, when coupled with quick watercolor washes, gives the immediacy and honesty and truth to a...

I have joined forces with New Elements Gallery, in downtown Wilmington, NC. There are three pieces there, and I’m working on some brand...

I’m just starting a piece that is trying to convey a sense of space and atmosphere, while having no elevation with which to work. Except...

It’s an unfortunate reality, but framing is an essential part of a painting. It finishes the piece and either adds or subtracts from the...

Lately, I’ve become accustomed to sketching a couple pages a day in my Moleskine. I either sketch what’s close, as in the vacuum by the...

I do a lot of sketching out on site using a small sketchbook and a splash of watercolors. These are so fun to do, and I can get them done...

It’s always bittersweet when you finish a sketchbook. There are usually months worth of sketches and ideas trapped within the wrinkly...

The days are getting longer, the air a little warmer, and soon, the times of hanging down by the water until dark will be back. The sea...

So much has been happening this Spring, and I’ll get to some of it over the next posts, but I did want to talk a little about the joy of...

As a nice subject change, I’ve started a large piece based on our family walks through the nature trail around Fort Macon, on Atlantic...

This painting was originally completed some years back, and has always been one I loved. But there was a problem I couldn’t quite put my...

Ah, Maurice Sendak’s great children’s book is a favorite of mine, and the title popped into my head last night while taking a few minutes...