Fascination

Color, transparency, reflection and distortion make for challenging work in watercolor but fascinate me to no end. The greater the challenge, the more intense the experience, the happier I am. This set of glasses and vases was irresistible to me when I saw them. I gave them to my wife as a gift, and as she unwrapped each one she set it on the dining room table. When she was done I saw a still life waiting to be painted. It was six months before we could eat at the dining room table again.

Best of Show at Columbia’s Art in the Park, 2008

Best of Show at the Boston Mills Arts Festival in Cleveland, Ohio, 2008

Winner of the Beaver Bend Cash Award from the Kansas Watercolor Society Great 8 Exhibition. 2008