Mill Brook Valley, Arlington, MA

Painted from a Google street view of Arlington, Massachusetts.  Mill Brook
flows in a greenbelt just beyond this intersection creating a beautiful little
valley that cuts through the town.  I premixed some of the main colors, and was
able to lay down about half the painting rather quickly over a charcoal sketch.
Then I bogged down in detail.  This is the right half of a diptych. 16" x 20"

pink house in Walsenburg, Colorado

I was randomly browsing street view in Google maps and picked this scene.
Beats driving there! 11" x 14"

night Cattleya

This poor orchid managed to struggle into bloom after years of neglect.
The underpainting was a charcoal sketch tonal study.  Painted from life
and later a reference photo after it wilted.  I've started using a tablet
mounted on a mic stand next to the easel for photo display. This arrangement
really helps improve my wandering and unsteady powers of observation.
13" x 10.5"

in the kitchen

A more or less happenstance kitchen arrangement.  I managed to exercise some
restraint and keep the tabletop and background muted, instead of making the
usual all over free-for-all of saturated color. 9" x 12"

Spiral Diner

A view of the kitchen of a busy vegan diner in Oak Cliff, Texas. 9" x 12"

baleful frog

Kalanchoe and apple guarded by a frog carved in fragrant Japanese cedar. 8" x 8".

suburban captivity

It's been a long winter.. 11" x 14"