Vatican Patio
I shot this photograph in 2019, manipulated the image in Photoshop, printed it with ink on cotton canvas, glued it to a wood panel and painted with with oil 30" x 40". $2850.
Keenland Jockey #2
Ink and acrylic on canvas mounted to panel 36" x 24" (framed). Nothing like a day at the races in Kentucky. Here Jockey wearing #2 leaves the paddock through the tunnel for the track. SOLD
Ned and Charlie
Ink and acrylic on canvas mounted to panel 24" x 36" (framed). A couple of good pals, Jack Russell terriers Ned and Charlie, mascots of good friends on a thoroughbred farm outside Paris, Kentucky. SOLD
Garden Path
Ink and oil pastels on canvas mounted to panel 24" x 30". Fairchild Gardens in the Matheson Hammock area of Miami, Florida, contains many wonderful walkways through the lush tropical fauna. SOLD
Idyllwild
Ink and oil crayon on heavy 100% cotton rag paper 30" x 20". A charming park of cozy guest cottages was our home for a few days among the pines and cedars in northern California. SOLD
St. Thomas Market
Ink and oil crayon on heavy 100% cotton rag paper 20" x 30". many picturesque views and colorful local colorful markets in the U. S. Virgin Islands. SOLD
Fannette Island
Ink and oil pastels on heavy 100% cotton rag paper canvas 24" x 30". As seen from the shores of Lake Tahoe, Fannette Island sits in Emerald Bay, on the California side of the lake. Through the years it has had many names including Coquette, Baranoff, Dead Man's, Hermit's, and Emerald Isle. SOLD
Socialite
Mixed media on Masonite panel 36" x 24". A whimsical piece reminiscent of the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch whose museum I visited in Oslo. $1250 Framed.
Dragonfly
Ink and oil pastels on heavy 100% cotton rag paper canvas 24" x 36". Life forms sometimes remind you of other life forms. This variation of the Paphiopedilum brings to mind the life structure of an insect. SOLD
Flamingos
Ink and oil pastel on 100% cotton rag paper 36" x 24". The Hialeah Race Track in Miami is home to hundreds of these majestic birds. SOLD
White Spiders
Ink and oil pastel on 100% cotton rag paper 24" x 36". These orchids reminded me of spiders, their exquisite detail visible when enlarged 1000%. SOLD
Purple Iris
Ink and oil pastel on canvas mounted to panel 40" x 29". Purple irises ringed our place on Rocking Horse in south Austin and would bloom in the spring. This one was a special beauty. SOLD
Canyon Rim
Ink and oil pastel on 100% cotton rag paper 36" x 24". The stark desolation at the rim of the Grand Canyon challenges every life form, this stubby tree hanging on at the edge. SOLD
Cactus Flowers
Ink and oil pastel on 100% cotton rag paper 36" x 24". The cactus flowers ion Texas bloom once a year for only a couple weeks, so you have to be ready. This piece belongs to an Oscar winner in L.A. SOLD
Island Shoppes
Ink and oil pastel on 100% cotton rag paper 36" x 24". Being in the islands is special along pathways with old world charm. SOLD
Lost in the Buebonnets
Ink and oil pastel on 100% cotton rag paper 24" x 36". Around the first of April the bluebonnets are released along the roadways by the spring rains. My daughters parked their bikes to wander. SOLD
Reggae Cafe
Ink, acrylic and crayons on 100% cotton rag paper 36" x 24". A colorful cafe on the island of St. Maarten demanded attention. $950.
St. Maarten
Ink and acrylic on 100% cotton rag paper 24" x 36". One of the best things about traveling is the challenge of capturing alluring images to render later in the studio. SOLD
Still Life with Checkered Tablecloth
Ink and acrylic on canvas applied to panel 48" x 60". A bright contemporary piece from a set-up in my studio. $4500 framed.
Pure Texas
Sharpies and acrylic on canvas applied to panel 30" x 60". A lawyer in San Antonio saw a mural I painted at the River Place Country Club in Austin (8' x 86') and wanted a piece capturing the spirit of his hometown. SOLD
Turcot's World
Acrylic on stretched canvas 66" x 44" x 2". A collector called me from Atlanta one day and asked if I could combine the images from a couple of of my paintings into one painting with a few changes. This is it. He put it in a lighted alcove he had built for the painting in his home. SOLD
Matamoe (after Gauguin)
Acrylic on stretched canvas 34" x 29" x 2". A copy of Paul Gauguin's painting Matamoe (Peacocks in the County, 1892) done in Tahiti. SOLD
Henri's Goldfish (after Matisse)
Acrylic on stretched canvas 36" x 24" x 2". A copy of Henri Matisse's painting Goldfish, 1912. SOLD