Lincoln Rises Again

Original Painting - Acrylic on Canvas 9x12

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River Trees

Original Painting - Acrylic on Canvas 16x12

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Springtime On The Rock River

Original Painting -Acrylic on Canvas 16x20

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Steampunk Jack

Original Painting - Acrylic on canvas 16x12

Steampunk Jack
A tip of the top hat to Jack the ripper in this Steampunk version of London’s serial killer. Wait until he runs into the two steampunk girls in the Whitechapel alley, the outcome will be a whole lot different.

I went to the Bristol Renaissance Fair on the Steampunk weekend and saw this character in the crowd. He stood out (and above) most of the others. He gave me permission to snap a photo and my imagination supplied the rest.

Christmas at the Farm

Original Painting - Acrylic on Canvas 20x30

 

I remember the ride to my parents’ old farmhouse near Johnson's Creek, Wisconsin. Singing along with the Christmas carols on the car radio, bundled up in our winter coats as my wife, Nancy, and I traveled down the snow covered back roads with a car full of kids, plus dog and presents for the family. There was love and laughter and food and drink at the end of the gravel road and I guess I thought it would never change. But, everything changes. Loved ones are gone, youth is gone, even the farm belongs to someone else now …at least my Christmas memories still remain.



Halloween Trick or Treat

Original Painting - Acrylic on canvas 12x36



The excitement of dressing up in costumes and going door-to-door for free candy has got to be the best. Now add a creepy old house, some fog, a full moon, and glowing jack-o-lanterns, and you will never forget the thrill of Halloween night!

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Halloween Ghost

Original Painting - Acrylic on canvas 20x16

A full moon shines down as a ghostly apparition arises from the grave in an old cemetery on Halloween night! Jack-o-lanterns suddenly flare with flickering light although no one lit the candles and a creepy fog slithers between the tombstones and burial crosses. http://fineartamerica.com/art/paintings/halloween/canvas+prints" style="font: 10pt arial; text-decoration: underline;">halloween painting canvas prints

Tooker Alley Chicago



Original Painting - Acrylic on canvas 20x16

One can almost imagine the denizens of early 20th century Chicago climbing over the garbage cans “down Tooker Alley to the Green Light over the Orange Door” to get to the famed Dil Pickle Club.

The club was almost hidden from the outside and was considered a "hole in the wall" in Tooker Alley. The entrance was marked by a "DANGER" sign that pointed to the orange main door which was lit by a green light. On the door, it read: “Step High, Stoop Low and Leave Your Dignity Outside.”

During the Great Depression, the Dil Pickle Club began to experience its decline. By the early 1930s, the club was being frequented more by Chicago mobsters rather than the usual free-minded Bohemian attendees of the earlier era.

Two's Company

Original Painting - Acrylic on canvas 16x20

This study of chickens was part of a demonstration for my class (A.K.A. the Fine Art And Cheap Wine Group). Our theme for the session was birds. We painted everything from owls, parrots, and eagles, to something called a puffin.