Two Spools of Thread and a Safety Pin

This is an original 4"x5" oil painting on canvas.

Apple on a Tablecloth

This is a 6x6" oil on masonite wood. The actual painting looks so much better than this photograph! ...but this was the best photograph I could get. Sold.

Cottage Cheese and Peaches

This is a 6x6" oil painting on masonite wood panel. This is a painting that I painted a few months ago. Sold.

Brass Coffee Grinder

This is a 6x6" oil painting on masonite hardboard. This is a painting of an antique coffee grinder with a black background and coffee beans strewn around a purplish gray counter. Sold.

Salt Shaker and Golden Brown Egg

This is a 6x6" painting on masonite hardboard. I'll start off by saying that the actual painting looks so much better than this photograph, but this was the best pick out of 7 photos. Sold.

Antique Coffee Grinder

"Red Coffee Grinder" is an 6x6" oil painting on masonite hardboard. This is a painting of a collectible antique coffee grinder that was made by Elgin National Company. Usually I sign my paintings at one of the lower corners, but there was too much going on down there, so I signed it at the top. Although red is my favorite color it is harder for me to paint than other colors, because it is difficult to isolate one specific color of red and just add it's complement and just paint with that. If an item is red it seems to require different colors of red for some reason. Also it never seems to photograph just like the original. This photo however gives a fairly accurate likeness of this painting.

Antique Amber Ink Bottle With Pelikan Fountain Pen

This is a 5x7" oil painting on canvas. This is a painting of an antique eight-sided

umbrella ink bottle and an antique Pelikan fountain pen made in Germany. The fountain pen tip is gold. This was fun to paint. Sold.

Antique Pelikan Blue Ink Bottle with Pelikan Fountain Pen

This is a 5x7" oil painting on canvas that I completed last week. This is a painting of an antique blue ink bottle and an antique fountain pen. Both of them are Pelikan and are very collectable items. I enjoy painting darkly colored glass bottles, because when I look at them closely I find many colors that I don't expect to see.

A Small Pumpkin

This is a 6x6" oil painting on masonite. Sold.

Jack-o-lantern

This is a 5x5" oil on masonite. Sold.

Jack-o-lantern in Moonlight

This is a 6x6" oil on masonite. Sold.

Mill in Virginia

This is a 6x6" oil painting of a mill in Virginia during the fall.

Forest Hill Cemetery commission

This was a commission painted for the superintendant of Forest Hill Cemetery in Shelbyville, IN. It is a 12x15" painting on canvas.

"Green Pepper"

This is a 6"x6" oil on masonite. I actually painted two pictures of the same pepper, but this was my favorite. Sold.

"Geese on Strahl Lake"

On one of my trips to Brown County State Park in Indiana I saw these two geese on Strahl Lake. This is a 6"x7" oil painting on masonite. Sold.

Painting a Day "Unlit Candle" September 7, 2010

Just finished painting "Unlit Candle" last night at 9 p.m. This painting is 6"x6" oil on masonite. It is painted on Masonite using Winsor Newton oil paints. I have really been wanting to paint this small pottery vase I bought from a potter in Brown County Indiana for a long time. Finally figured out how to use it in a painting! I am pleased how it turned out.

Turkey Feather in Glass Bottle

This is one of the small paintings that I try to do in one day. It is painted on masonite using Winsor Newton oil paints. This was a gift for my dad on his Birthday.