HOW YOU GONNA KEEP EM DOWN ON THE FARM...

This portrait was a Christmas surprise: commissioned by family, for family. It was a pleasure to paint all that warmth and life, with temperatures hovering in the teens outside. It measures 18"x 24".

SPAGHETTI JACK

This is an 18"x 24" painting - a Christmas commission. It's pretty obvious here, that when it comes to enjoying spaghetti, there are no age requirements.

GET ME TO THE CHURCH ON TIME

This is an 18"x24" portrait I painted from a photo that the amazing photographer Felice Boucher took. A painted wedding portrait could be a unique memento to "the day" - feel free to contact me if you have a portrait in mind.

WHOLE LOTTA PUG

* a 2' x 3' commissioned portrait of Olivia

SPRING SALLY

*a 20"x20" commission

1960

"My father always drove the latest model automobiles - usually a black Mercedes with a fawn interior, from a year that didn't exist yet."

* this is the opening line and painting from my illustrated/painted cancer memoir entitled CAR DEALER'S DAUGHTER

THE CURIOSITY BUG

*an 18"x24" commissioned portrait.

A BOY AND HIS DOG

*a recent portrait commission, measuring 18"x24"

SAIL MAINE

Ah, this would be nice on a hot day like today. Here's a 20"x20" painting I did for a Sail Maine auction.

BASENJI

Here's a 24"x24" painting commissioned by IDEXX Laboratories for the cover art to their in-house veterinary magazine called DX.

EMOTIONAL ARMOR

"The rattle and clink of my clumsy emotional armor echoed in my ears as I left the room."

* from CAR DEALER'S DAUGHTER

TWIG-A-MA-JIG

* an illustration from a story I wrote called TWIG-A-MA-JIG

CAST OF CHARACTERS III

*illustrations I've done for my various stories

CAST OF CHARACTERS II

CAST OF CHARACTERS I

A #1

My A #1 dog Jethro.

WHERE THERE'S A WILL, THERE'S A LUCY

*an 18"x24" commissioned portrait.

PUPPY ON PLAID

This is an 18"x 24" commissioned portrait for a Pennsylvania client.

DX DALMATIAN

This is a 24"x 24" painting I just completed for the cover art of IDEXX Laboratories in-house veterinary magazine called "DX."