Traditional Media
This gallery contains examples of my traditional artwork created from 1968 onward in media such as pencil, ink, watercolor, acrylic, and photography.
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"Cheeky Bugger!"
One of Nell's Birds in Australia that came daily for its treat and often played peek-a-boo with me.
2012
Acrylic
"First Corsage"
First year at Southern Illinois University and
first Homecoming Dance.
Fall, 1968
Ink with a watercolor wash
"Mine! Mine! Mine!"
A Scottish castle is the backdrop for Seagulls chacing a Sea Hawk trying to snatch it's fresh catch.
2017
Acrylic
"Cotswold Cottage"
A study in Charcoal. Southern Illinois University, Commercial Art School, Carbondale, Ill
1971
"Beached Boats"
Painted from memory when we lived at the end of the runway at Lakenheath Air Foce Base, England.
1970
Oils
"Bathing Beauties"
Painted from several photos of Lorikeets and Pale-headed Rosellas I took during my stay in Australia to settle my sister, Nell's estate.
The original sold before it was finished and is in Germany.
I painted a second one for myself. 2012
Acrylic
"Dancing Iris"
Venturing back into painting after a very long time away from it, this was one of my first attempts.
1999
Acrylic
"OO-La-La!"
King Parrots. Again, in Nell's garden.
I photographed them separately, and painted this when I returned to the States.
2012
Acrylic
"Catching the Sun"
The rising sun caught in the husk of a wild flour in what is left of the Liberlost, made famouse by Gene Stratton Porter whose home is close.
2012
Photography
"Mountain Lodge"
An abandoned lodge somewhere up in the Rocky Mountains.
1995
Ink and ink wash
"Stormy Port"
Painted from memory of the port at Ilfracombe, a seaside resort we always visited on furlough from Sudan. We enjoyed the beaches and beautiful walks through the countryside in May, before all the
tourists arrived.
2015
Acrylic
