"Bluegill under the Dock" 12 x 9

Plein Air piece from the dock at Lake Elizabeth.

"Lake Jackson Sky" 9 x 12
This is from Millers Landing. When I go out there all I see is sky and distance. One day I'll get it right.

"That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse." Walt Whitman

"Watch out for the Undertoad" 4 x 6

"Garp...realized that all these years Walt had been dreading a giant toad, lurking offshore, waiting to suck him under and drag him out to sea. The terrible Under Toad."
John Irving from "The World According to Garp"

"From Millers Landing Looking North" 5 x 7

"Millers Landing Road - Saturday Morning" 9 x 12

"View from Miller's Landing"
6 x 6

"Lilly Pads Bright Clouds"
11 x 14

"Necessity is the mother of taking chances." Mark Twain

With more light I went down to Lake Elizabeth to paint. Quiet. Peaceful. Good for my current life.