‘Half Noon’ is an oil on panel based on a photograph of a pub in Kilkenny, Ireland. It was taken during a walking tour of the area in 2004. The term ‘half noon’ is the Irish version of the American ‘twelve-thirty’, when telling time. It was a bright, sunny day in August after a long [...]
The pig’s nose is a small bluff that juts out of Little Sister Bay, Wisconsin, which is located on the eastern shore of Green Bay, near the tip of Wisconsin’s “thumb”. I’m not sure if it is known to others by that name, but it has iconic status within my family. We spent endless summer [...]
I have finished my latest painting, a copy of which you’ll find below on this page. It was an exciting, and challenging project. My brother Tom’s photograph, “Pink and Blue”, captured so exquisitely the fleeting light of a Door County sunrise over Lake Michigan, that attempting to bring the image of that light to life [...]
“Through the Woods” is based on another of my brother’s photos. The building is a restored mill located in Wisconsin’s Southern Kettle Moraine State Forest. He came upon it shortly after a heavy and pristine snow fell on the area. The photograph jumped out at me and drew me in. I loved the contrast of [...]