There are many artists I admire. The old-school traditional oil painters laid the groundwork for a lot of the art visible to anyone with a computer today, and great works can be found with a few clicks, but my approach to painting, and probably the reason I started painting in 1982, has been more about the personal satisfaction that comes from the process, rather than the finished product. I especially enjoy painting portraits of animals. There is something very pleasing about going from a few early brush strokes to a life-like portrait (if I am lucky), so that has become the area of art that I have spent most of my time pursuing.

My wife and I spend a fair amount of time in the Adirondacks, so that experience has inspired me to try my hand at landscape paintings in acrylics and watercolors, along with a variety of other subjects; all very simple, but fulfilling, from my perspective.

Photography has also been something I’ve enjoyed doing, so I have included a page of photos that I trust will capture my interests in ways my brushes could not.

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