It’s not really a “shop”, it’s a 100 square foot space I rent in an antique mall. I’ve been renting the space to sell my paintings for 9 months and I’ve decided to find another way to sell my paintings. If you don’t want to read about the ins and outs of selling paintings in

One more painting from our trip to Lake Travis last week. I set up down by the lake and spent a couple of hours on this painting. I’m not crazy about it so I won’t post a close up. This was a case of painting what I know instead of what I see. I know

This is a painting of the Hudson Bend Grocery, a tiny grocery store down the street from the lakehouse on Lake Travis where my son and I spent last week. My grandparents bought a place on the lake in the 1950’s so we enjoyed the use of the house last week. This little grocery store

I spent this last week on Lake Travis (just outside of Austin) with my 13 year old son. We had so much fun, it was a wonderful relaxing week. We stopped at a scenic overlook along Highway 71 on the way to the lake. We had to get off the highway and drive up a

My family of four spent most of last week visiting my mother-in-law for the Fouth of July. She lives an hour west of Austin in the rolling hills of the “Texas hill country” and she lives right on a lake and she’s easy and fun to be around too. It was a great get away

After painting five small paintings sitting on the beach at Galveston I decided it was time to attempt a larger painting in my studio, though this one is only 11″x14″. I would love to sit on the beach and paint this, but the beach is an hour away, not always practical. I think the beach

Another great day at Galveston beach. It was sunny and very windy. The kids and I spent the day reading, listening to music, and digging. I brought along my paints and this time my focus was on painting the brightly colored beach umbrellas. I’m crazy about those umbrellas. I was somewhat limited on my view

This morning my son William and I drove over to Hermann Park to paint and draw. Another great place to paint in Houston! We parked the car and hiked 10 minutes to a spot under some trees overlooking a large pond. I set up to paint and William started to draw. He drew everything and