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| This is a pencil drawing of Sandhill Cranes taking flight in the Tule fog at the Merced National Wildlife Preserve. It was inspired by the hauntingly beautiful photo (shown below) by photographer, Steve Corey. I like how the cranes form abstract shapes in the fog. |
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| Photo by Steve Corey |
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| This is a watercolor of a landscape set in Creede, Colorado. Recently, while I was in Prescott, Arizona, I saw a beautiful painting by artist Diane Scholar. I took a quick photo of it and used it as my model. Diane has a blog at dianescholarartist@blogspot.com and I encourage you to visit and see her beautiful work. |
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| I made this wooden toy airplane for my grandson. The inspiration for it was a little different--I had a dream that I was building a wooden toy airplane for my grandson. In the dream, it looked more like a Ford Tri-Motor plane. When I woke up, I thought to myself, "I have to build a plane for him." I ended up making it look like a PT-19 Trainer. I had a string-controlled PT-19 with a .049 engine when I was a kid. The plane itself is very simple--there are only 3 pieces of wood. The vinyl Army-Air Corp stickers really finish it off nicely. I will give it to my grandson on his upcoming 2nd Birthday! |
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| This is a watercolor that I had done for my wife in 1996. She likes English cottages and I tried to make one for her. |
