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I wrote this last August - you probably remember our hot spell. I am  back home today.   It was wonderfully cool and beautiful in Maine. Anyway I will try to come up with some bon mots to rival the Jeff Foxworthy's You Know You're a Redneck when------ You know it's hot when the greeters at Costco backup to halfway into the building. You know it's hot when you need gloves to drive your car ...

Here is a before and after of Gathering of Sail - sized 40x60 inch.  Never did like the first version of the painting.  I always felt it lacked life and although the picture was colorful, it did not use color successfully. I put it away and then repainted it later. Now I feel Gathering of Sails exciting.  The colors convey an emotion and I think I will keep it! ...

A sketch to explore a new series on Tidewater and Outer Banks landscapes. I hope to evolve these paintings into more abstraction. This particular piece covers our air conditioning access opening. . ...

I have always enjoyed picnics and these girls are following the time honored trek to the beach. . ...

Here is another small study of my backyard. Hopefully I will introduce different color schemes ...

Did I ever struggle with this painting. There must be 3 or 4 versions of it underneath all the paint. It was not until I had given up and threw all caution to the winds that I feel the real me emerged. I am a drawer- I love the line and the feel of drawing and when I finally yielded to it, this evolved -and I love it. . . ...

Everyone has their favorite memory of the movie theaters in which they spent hundreds of Saturdays. The Palace is not one of mine- it was closed in 1940- but it holds memories for many people of Newport News, Virginia. This inaccurate rendition says just enough to make anyone of a certain age wonder where they were when they saw this movie ...

Last February we went to New Orleans during a cold snap. Although folks were not wandering around the French Quarter in freezing temperatures, tourists like us didn't have the luxury of waiting until it warmed up. So in this interpretation I used a little artistic license and added more people ...

One of a series of bicyclists, this painting is based on nothing more than my interpretation of three racers. There is very little detail.  Hopefully the feeling of cyclists racing has been successfully captured. Several members of my family are serious cyclists.   I am happy to paint a little abstractly. Those who enjoy activities, even on a hobby level,  can get very uptight about details and accuracy ...

This painting was one of a series of female musicians. Although I use reference material to position instruments and fingers and body language, inevitably I wind up "making it up." Jazz Quartet II was used on a wine label for Wilson Creek, a vineyard in Caifornia. . ...