I enjoy taking photos as I travel and as I've continued to paint I find myself more and more drawn to try to paint the people and not just the landscapes.
This painting is from a photo that I took of my son and his best friend at the shore at Nags Head, NC many years ago. It took a long time before it became a painting and then I just had to put in the Van Gogh sunshine for the Sunshine Boys.
When you're traveling in Spain and Portugal you have to try the Sherry and the Port. Here's one of the sherry pourers in Jerez.
In Spain you can see these street acrobats at every weekend fair.
I have to admit this came from a news photo. I loved his look
A couple more of paintings of my family. The kids on the beach looking for shells with my wife the other of my son kite flying at the outer banks.
Blue Nude.
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The human figure is always a challenge but I like the way these two turned out. The male is pastel and the female oil in my "blue period".
