2010 Orignal Oil Paintings and Drawings

Pencil and charcoal drawing on 18 x 24 inches paper. Scene shows a park bench under a leafless tree that appears reflected. Original art no longer available. Reproductions available.

Child sitting on a park bench holding balloons under a tree. Charcoal and colors on 18 x 24 inch paper. Prints on request.

With the recent sale of a Degas painting for $1.1 million, I took another look at his paintings. He liked to paint scenes from the ballet and and horse races. With this in mind, I decided to try a charcoal drawing of a ballet scene. I like it and think I might do an oil painting along these lines. Original: charcoal on paper 18 x 24 inches. Prints on request.

Woman wearing long coat accompanied by a Golden Retriever standing on a country road bordered by leafless trees with sun rising above distant hills. Standing at the threshold of Spring. Original 18 x 24 inches oil on canvas. 2010 painting: $1200. USD

Scene shows a blue trawler fishing boat on the beach with sea gulls flying above. Pencil drawing on 18 x 24 inch paper (with oil colors). Original art: $150. Reproductions available.

"Restless" is a 44-foot wooden yawl. This scene is captured at the end of a great day sailing. 27 x 18 inches charcoal and watercolours on luan panel. I capitalized on the natural grain of the wood panel to establish the patterns of the water and sky while keeping the colors somewhat muted.

Emerging from darkness, the helmsman steers a line toward the light under full sail. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 24 x 18 inches. Original available.