The Tasting Room

The Tasting Room – Farmer’s Market – Olympia, Wa These dancing goats in front of The Tasting Room represent a legend pertaining to the origin of coffee. Featured in my book, Eclectic Coffee Spots in Puget Sound. The original coffeehouse paintings are an assembláge of acrylic paint, charcoal, pastel, colored pencil and colláge. Dimensions14″w x…

Ortega Bridge

The Ortega Bridge, considered a local historical landmark and is referred to as the Old Ortega Bridge located on the west side of Jacksonville. It sits at the mouth of the Ortega River, where it flows into the St. John’s River and features a fabulous view of the Jacksonville skyline, especially at sunset. The first…

Quartet

My idea to somehow depict the four seasons of the year remained in an incubated state for years until I noticed a magnificent Live Oak tree in my neighborhood. Its anthropomorphic branches spanned perhaps forty feet in width. I had to paint it. As I began, the four seasons concept re-emerged. But, instead of painting…