"spring"

24x24 oil on canvas being shown at the firefly gallery in northport,NY

"driving out east" for patti and ken

24x30 oil on canvas  driving out east is something you say when your on long island going out east to the hamptons or montauk,always a great destination.

Rten brel

"Rten brel" painted while i was reading the "secret of shambhalah" 30x30 oil on canvas showing at the firefly gallery in northport , NY

wedding sketches of sarah

  

 james called me it was his and sarah's wedding anniversary...the year was "paper" so james asked me to do some sketches initially of sarah's wedding dress then it turned into doing sketches with sarah,her flowers,wedding dress and her shoe, simple and illustrated with two types of pencils and a soft watercolor wash.

jack's room

kristen had me paint a jungle theme in michaels room then it was time for her other son jack, kristen wanted to do a ocean theme but wanted to keep the chair rail so below was the feeling of being in the ocean then above was the sky and horizon line of the water,which included ships,a plane,island and palm trees and part of a surf board.I put together a file of images that jack liked before i started painting and got him involved in the process,he was in school and would run off the bus each day to see what new image was on his wall ,the room makes you feel  like you are on vacation....a fun fantasy.

the jalbert family barn in autumn

20x16 oil on panel....a magical home filled with kindness,the barn stands tall and the trees are even taller.the children when they became older have all spent time living in the barn in between homes and you can see a little of the main house.susan and joe had found the barn and moved it in sections and erected it where it stands now...a very special place to visit and i have painted inside doing some faux finishing and once i painted a lily pond on the floor of a bathroom that was there for a number of years.

before and after fireplace(for jolie and stephen)

 jolie and stephen moved into their new home...the deep red color of walls and the color tone of brick and mantel was just not them,they like kind of a scandanavian look,peacful neutral tones so they asked me to give the mantel a weathered paint look with off white,beige and light grey and then i gave the brick a old smokey paint look, the painting i did later and jolie decided it would be fun to have seasonal paintings for over the fireplace.the hydrangeas for summer, winter birch trees for winter and a autumn painting not yet finished of her family barn.i have painted for jolie's family over the years and it was fun to paint for the next generation.we got alot done in a short period of time,a baby was on the way .... beautiful little girl named vera born in the home,amazing !!!