Sunset over Mosquito Lake.

Mosquito Lake State Park is located just north of Youngstown, Ohio. I was painting there with my friend Nancy and we encountered this marina close to sundown.

An Ohio New England Village

Hudson, Ohio is near Cleveland, Ohio, and is a picture-perfect example of New England architecture. This area, called "The Western Reserve", was land set aside for payment of Revolutionary War soldiers in the Connecticut Line companies for their service in lue of money, which the young nation had none to spare. They brought their building methods and styles with them, and Hudson is living proof of it.

47' Desoto

I went back to paint this iron monster again- no plastic in this baby!

55' GMC

I left in search of something to paint this morning and I found this 55' GMC on display at a local town festival. I had fun painting it, and best of all, the owner bought it right off my easel.

It's taken me 40 years,but....

I'm putting these paintings and more in an exhibit on war-time art in Philadelphia, where over 18,000 works from Army collections have never been on display before. I worked from photos I took, from memory, and from several howitzers from local memorials that served as models. I have several more, and will post them later.

Fitzgerald's Irish Bed and Breakfast.

This historic home in Painesville is rated as one of the top- ten best B&Bs in America. Tom and Debra Fitzgerald, the owners, commissioned me to build their sign about 12 years ago. I have to say that I think it was my best work in over 30 years of signmaking.

I painted this yesterday during the annual "Party in the Park", featuring some of the unique architectural features of the building. I enjoyed talking to the many onlookers that passed by on the sidewalk.

Busy weekend

I gave up tent camping this weekend due to an injury and painted instead.

This 57' Chevy is property of the police chief of Chagrin Falls. I always wanted one of these as a teen, but I'll have to settle for a painting of one. These cars ruled the streets in the 60's- an era that todays kids will never experience.

The city scape is of my home town, Painesville, Ohio. A movie was shot here in 1962 , "One Potato,Two Potato", about an interracial couple falling in love and marrying. Extremely controversial stuff then. This was about the time Obama was born. The movie shows these buildings and also included the ones that were destroyed when the Feds offered urban renewal funds to revitalize the city. Nice going!