Featured Artist

  When I was selected to be the featured artist for this past month at the gallery I assembled a show that I titled "Four-legged Focal Points -- and a couple of twos". This was a conglomeration of a number of my animal and bird paintings from the past few years. I was quite happy with the way it looked. The show received many compliments, some good publicity and a potential commission. While sales were not at the level I had hoped for, it was still a success for me.

Now it is time for the gallery to change the regular quarterly show. I will be exhibiting three new pieces that have been recently completed.










Two of these are from inspirations I had during this past Summer's trip to London. The third was from Portugal during a stop as we sailed north.


In St. James Park, across from the Churchill War Rooms, there is a delightful cottage surrounded by flowers. The patterns of the roof tiles and those of the fences especially caught my interest. What an idyllic spot. 

One morning as I walked away from Buckingham on my way toward the Wellington Arch, I was suddenly greeted with the magnificent sight of the Royal Horse Guard on their way to the palace. To me this was the epitome of the pomp and circumstance one associates with Great Britain. I had to try and capture it.

While stopping in Porto, Portugal, I glanced across a narrow street and saw this lady obviously lost in thought. She seemed so oblivious to the world around her that the scene spoke to me of those moments during the day when we are truly alone.