Dusk in Austin, Texas produces those alluring high desert scapes, the dust amplifying the end of daylight.
The birds of the Amazon are ubiquitous.
Wish I could…
The beach, where it all begins and ends for me.
Three stalwart trees guarding the point.
I guess they are friends of the shark, until they aren’t.
Spring runoff and seven lace-like waterfalls.
End of a long day, time to take stock of all the good things that happened.
One of a series of paintings of the ever-shifting dunes in the Moroccan Sahara.
Everything is changing, the light, the mood.
Painted after a major surgery reaffirming my love for the beach and ocean swimming.
Off in the distance living their best tree life, undisturbed except for conditions which they are designed to endure. Such a great sense of peace.
Irish coast inspiration.
On the horizon is the flat and wide bay.
The power of big nature based on elements of the South Pacific.
A Berber man composing his headwrap in the wind. A commission by a fellow traveler to the Sahara in Morocco.
Early morning mist over the ocean.
Like a giant and soft watercolor with a spiritual quality that changes with the ambient light.
American farmlands have been the bedrock of so many families with the same American dream.
The sky above and the sea below filled with life.
A moment of stunning beauty, as the mighty Delaware River snake it’s way though rural Pennsylvania on it’s way to the Atlantic.
Something powerful about the confluence of two great bodies of waters.
From the cool green depths to the sky...
A Matisse favorite blown up to giant size.
From a deep place in the unconscious describing an untouched place of serenity in deep woods.
I have no idea how this title came to be. But It is a soothing painting.
Sometimes a painting is made and lives for many years and then the artist chooses to obliterate it and create something completely new and different…although there can be ideas from the previous painting that survive. This is true for this painting.
I know there is one in there somewhere.
The flat landscape of the East End of Long Island produces calming images of reverie and quiet.
Trees in perfect synch with each other. Are they all related? They must be.
We are all on our way somewhere. All things are on their way somewhere.
I am always impressed by a stand of trees. All part of the same family no doubt. Fascinating.
The sun, the focus of all life on our planet.
Contemplative and calming. Part of the “Sun Series" of paintings.
Hundreds of thousands of parakeets swarming at dawn preparing to cross the water into the rainforest for the day’s events.
I, along with a group of people, once witnessed a series of UFOs in the night sky over Lake Cayuga in Ithaca, NY. We had many questions, but very few answers.
Storm moving out to sea.
Visiting the Amazon region in Peru makes you think all kinds of new thoughts.
The ultimate charm of the American Midwest landscapes.
A special moment if you are lucky enough to witness.
A metaphysical moment in nature where no human can deny the serenity and beauty of nature.
Full blooded intensity of big nature sky and water.
The warm morning glow of dawn in summer, a signal of a new day with fresh possibilities.
All bark and no bite…um, maybe not.
Felt like it painted itself on its’ own.
A golf course on the moon???
The Amazon region is a place of life filled with all kinds of colorful critters.
Where you will go after living a good life.
In moviemaking parlance, “magic hour” is that alluring transition from afternoon to evening — twilight — when the world of our perceptions changes.
A landscape I never actually experienced in life came alive on this canvas. A deep sense of peace and serenity. All is right with the world here on Cherry Lane.
I think about the 4,000 mile solo hitchhiking trip I took in 1972 to West Coast and back.