Birds of America

A Rose from Rusty's Garden

Just so you know I'm still painting...

Unopened Daffodil from the bike path

The sky over Athens in October

Tiger Lily from my mom's garden

The Last Time it was like Old Times

This series is acrylic on 5 different canvases. Most of them came to me used and incomplete and I repurposed them. Enjoy!

Sunflower and Bee

I took pictures of sunflowers that I grew this summer and discovered while I was photographing them that they were covered in insects--this one had bees buzzing around and others had ants everywhere. I spent part of my week off painting this one. It's 2' x 3' acrylic on canvas.

Ecotoons

So I've been doing cartoons of ecological disasters that have happened or are continuing to happen around the places I've lived. When you live in poor areas, people are inclined to use the land, air, and water to make a quick buck and create a few jobs for one generation, but these decisions are usually costly. They create a debt that can't be paid back. It's like check cashing businesses--you get hooked by fast money, but then you're in the hole for good. I thought it would be appropriate to paint them on cardboard boxes. Click on them to see them much bigger!

Need Cash Fast?: Appalachian Deforestation

100% Approval: Dupont C-8 Spill

Payday Advance: Mountaintop Removal

Cash Loan: Bayer Cropscience Explosion

Emergency Cash: AEP Cheshire Water Supply Contamination

Georgia O'Keeffe

In tribute to Georgia, young and old. And also so my charcoal skills don't get so rusty.

Here they are side by side. I'm not sure why I like them that way, but I do.