I’ve drawn pictures all my life; there seems to be nothing I can do about it. Aside from three very important semesters of instruction in drawing and design in college, I’ve learned how to sketch and paint all on my own, through a course of trial and error which is very much still in progress. The results of that trial and error are what you’ll find on this website.

 

Thanks for looking.

With Gulliver, my strategic advisor in art and card games - photo by Nan Tilbury

A brief introduction.

I was born 1962 in Monroe, Louisiana and spent my young years in small towns in the Louisiana Delta and the Arkansas Ozarks. Aside from three semesters as an art student at the University of North Texas, with important lessons in drawing and design which I use to this day, I am self-taught as an artist.

I finally began to pursue painting seriously in my mid-30s, and have kept at it, with varying levels of consistency, since that time. I work primarily in watercolors, oils and acrylics, and my subject matter is split between plein-air landscapes and studio works drawn from mythology, folklore and pop culture. I have lived and worked in the Kansas City area since 2002. My work is in private collections across the Midwest and South, and has been shown in the following exhibits:

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  • St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, Mission, Kansas 2002

  • Johnson County Library, Main Branch, Overland Park, Kansas 2007

  • Mood Swings Salon, Kansas City, Missouri 2009

  • Urban Prairie Coffee, Mission, Kansas 2024

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  • Prairie Village Arts Council State of the Arts Annual, Prairie Village, Kansas 2022

  • 61st Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana 2024

  • Mystery, Magic and the Macabre, Deines Cultural Center, Russell, Kansas 2024

  • Seedcrusher Projects Open Studios, Kansas City, Missouri 2024

If you are interested…

All paintings on this site are for sale unless otherwise noted*. Prices vary with size. Some of my more frequent formats are 9” x 12” watercolors ($200) and 16” x 20” canvases ($350). For other works, please email me for a quote.

*Sketchbook drawings are not for sale, but I’m happy to re-create any one of these in a frameable, loose-leaf version.