Every painting or drawing is a new beginning for me: each a new project, perhaps a new direction, a new way to paint, or sketch, or draw.  I paint still lifes, figures, landscapes, and "pool paintings."  I'm just as likely to jump from a landscape to a portrait or a still life.  Even though I often work on series they usually span several years and are interrupted by detours to other themes or series. 

Regardless of theme or medium, I am always obsessed with detail.  Even when I view work by others I find myself focusing on individual brush strokes or pencil lines.  I often start a painting using large brushes but soon I find myself rifling through cans looking for the smallest ones.  I spend hours fretting over detail and repeatedly return to the same areas of a painting so that I can rework them.  Detail takes time.  Progress is slow.  Each work starts out exciting, then turns aggravating then becomes exciting once again.  The trick is to finish a work while things are exciting.  Pencil takes time and it smears.  Watercolor is nerve wracking as there is little room for correction and every stroke is final.  Oil is tedious, sometimes a chemistry experiment, but it allows for correction and the vibrant nature of oil paint is exciting and adds life to the canvas.  

I am continuing work on a series of "pool paintings" which I first began in 2005.  They started out small but quickly progressed to large format oil paintings.  At the same time I work on one of these paintings I usually work on a large pencil sketch or a watercolor.  Working in two media at the same time provides for a break when one becomes too tedious or if I find myself bewildered over a particular section of the canvas or drawing.  Therefore, when you review my "recent work" gallery you may find a smattering of watercolors, pencil sketches, and oil paintings. 

I hope you enjoy looking over my work.  Understand that in 35 years of making art things are bound to move about a bit.  But I give every picture the most careful, detailed attention.