This painting is quite personal because it is about a race which truly became part of me. I have been to the Crowsnest Pass to run this event 5 times and it took 2 “successful failures” with DNF at 102 and 106 kilometers the first two years to finally complete it. On attempt 3 in […]

On hot days in Woodstock Virginia, we often take a “float” down the Shenandoah River which takes seven bends as it comes through town. It is the perfect way to cool off and relax after a busy week. The Shenandoah is a lazy slow moving river in the summertime. It’s shallow and sedate as it […]

With the Apple Blossom Festival coming up in Winchester Virginia, I submitted my painting “Crowsnest Pass Afternoon” to the selection committee of the Shen Arts Gallery. I was pleasantly surprised to have been selected to show at the gallery and in outdoor exhibits in the walking mall in Winchester throughout the month of April! There […]

With a week to go until the 2025 Sinister 7 race I got the blues wishing I could be at my favorite 100 mile race in the Canadian rockies. The scenery is both beautiful and equally rugged and unforgiving. I men it’s the place where the top of a mountain fractured creating a rock slide […]

This painting is inspired by a place on the north coast of Puerto Rico where a river meets the ocean. The river (El Rio Mameyes) meets the sea near Luquillo which is about 44 kilometers from San Juan. It begins in the mountains of El Yunque National Forest where my wife Mercedes and I hiked […]

The Tybee Island lighthouse in Georgia marks a swampy delta where the Savannah, Wilmington and Bull rivers emerge at the Atlantic. It’s a short drive from Savannah, and close to the Georgia/South Carolina  state line. My friends Susan and Ken from the Runner’s Retreat running club here in Winchester Virginia recently moved to Savannah and […]

This is the painting that never seems to be finished! I have run in these mountains many times and every way you look is visual overload. It is just so beautiful and takes my breath away every time. In the summer it can be so warm and inviting to sit by the lake which is […]

I completed this painting today January 9th, 2025 of a sunset. It was inspired by a photo my step daughter Tiana took! She loves to see sunsets and the beauty in nature. I said I would give it a try and this is the result. oil on canvas – 14″ x 11″