Jessie on the Porch

This is a painting of a porch and the child is incidental. I gave it to the family who had invited me to stay with them.

9" x 12" oil on canvas

Lakeside Plein Air Paintout

This is the third year I have attended this paint out which is help in conjunction with the Lakeside Wooden Boat Show at Lakeside, Ohio. This year I stayed with a host family and it was a more comfortable experience.

I painted the ubiquitous Marblehead Lighthouse because I hadn't done it and I needed to. Everyone paints Marblehead Lighthouse. It's almost a requirement. It was unbelievable hot on the day I did this so I searched for available shade and ended up as far away as you could get from it- leaning against a wall in the parking lot, with shrubs providing meager cover. At least there is usually some kind of breeze when you are near Lake Erie so it's not as bad as it might be.

11" x 14" oil on board

A few paintings I did in the Lewiston area of Pennsylvania

Penn's Valley is a really nice area to paint it. It has a bit of everything: rustic buildings, bubbling brooks, blue mountains and lots of farmland.

Brittany from our open studio Saturday

19" x 25" pastel on gray Canson paper

Master Sargent Brian K. Naseman. We have finally started our Ohio Fallen Soldiers Tribute project

Sgt. 1st Class Brian K. Naseman, 36, died while serving our Country with the United States Army - 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team - 108th Forward Support Company, attached to the 2nd Battalion in Iraq on Friday, May 22, 2009. 
11" x 14" oil on canvas, gift to his parents