Famous Goat

This is a portrait of "Bentley", a pet goat. You may have seen him a few times on Animal Planet, doing his tricks.

Here are two portraits in the same family. These are great people, they adopt retired racing greyhounds and give them very happy homes. This is "Abu" and "Stripe", obviously not greyhounds lol. Some families need a lot of dogs to capture all the love they have to give.

Happy New Year!

This was a huge challenge, piecing together from a million images on a fabric, the client and I created a nice mural in the French Toile style. It doesn't look complicated, but it sure was.

I am getting ready to have one of two surgeries on my leg. The first is to remove the hardware and screws from when I broke it two years ago. The second is to give me a new knee joint. I am scared but excited. Just to be able to walk again.....maybe this is the year!

New Tiles from Mike's Photos

Here are some new tiles from Mike's great photos. What a challenge they are!

Giant Rodents, Anyone?

Here are some of the coolest tiles I have painted in a while, or, at least the most unusual. A very nice lady raises capybaras for pets, kind of like giant Guinea Pigs. (When I say giant, I mean like, 40 pounds!) She says they make great pets. So I painted some tiles for her. Here are samples.

A New Installation! *beaming*

I must say I am very proud of this one. It was a huge challenge, and everyone is very happy, including me. My first all black and white tile....

Great Blue Heron and Mallard Tiles

New Jersey Fireplace at the Beach

Here are some client photos of a fireplace I did for him. He and his wife did a great job decorating around the fireplace, and made it look even better! The seagull is a closeup of the left side panel.

New Fireplace

Here is a very large project I worked on recently. On 8" tiles, they wanted black and white painting, like Japanese Sumi ink painting, of bamboo. I told them I was not a sumi painter haha, but they loved my work and believed in my talent. I am still waiting on some installation photos from them, but here is one of mine.

Happy New Year!

Well it's the new year. Who would have thought I would live this long? haha Anyway, since I have no new work, except for a dog portrait due in February, I decided to play with clay. I made a plaque yesterday for my address and I will be mortaring it to the front of my house. Havent picked colors yet but I will post it when it is finished. Next will be a series of steppingstones for the front to my mailbox and the back to my studio. Front first because it is flat haha. They will be large pieces of mosaic that I carve out of sculpture clay and attach to store-bought vitreous stepping stones. Cool huh?

Also I am posting another picture of my work that appeared in Timber Homes Magazine. People said you couldnt see it well, so here it is. Still cant, but I guess it is better than the other one lol.