'Glass Garden Left' and 'Glass Garden Right' were created to fit into our home office windows so that we would no longer be compelled to look out at our next-door neighbor's air conditioner, gas meter, exhaust pipes, etc. There wasn't enough space be... 

'Glass Garden Left' and 'Glass Garden Right' were created to fit into our home office windows so that we would no longer be compelled to look out at our next-door neighbor's air conditioner, gas meter, exhaust pipes, etc. There wasn't enough space be... 

Two young elephants, one orange and one blue, are staked on top of a large inflated ball. One elephant is balanced on the other elephant's back. The background is a yellow quilt. This painting was created specifically to hang in the nursery of twin ... 

The Wild Birds Jamboree is an unlikely, but joyful, gathering of birds from different parts of the globe that aren't noted for making beautiful music, either in groups or individually. They are, however, beautiful creatures. Two of these birds don't ... 

This scene depicts a childhood that never was. The violin player is my son-in-law, John the blond cat is my son's long-departed, overweight cat, Max the self-taught guitar player is my son, Aaron The cub scout is myself as a child the girl holding th... 

This composition consists entirely of color paper pulp painted onto paper handmade by myself. The subject matter is representative of the artist community at Oxbow in Saugutuck, Michigan where all of the chairs on campus have been painted by individu... 

This rendering is actually a collection of assembled elements viewed out the window of a moving elevated train in Chicago in autumn of 1975. As an advertising art director, I had a lot of magic markers available at the time. I glued the paper onto fo... 

This is an older pencil sketch of an endearing subject whose odd hairstyle wasn't to be believed. The paper has yellowed naturally, all by itself.  

This still life rendering was created with a sharp stylist scratching through a layer of ink. 

Cerise is a dear friend and a fellow lover of cats who graciously posed with a cat or two. Some of the cats depicted are her actual pets while others are a product of my over active imagination. The wicker chair was recalled from a lodge I once visit... 

Boing is sort of a self portrait. At this point in time, I'm devoting more and more of my creative energies to painting and less to writing fiction confronting the world's ongoing confusion, pathos, apathy and zeal with only a small paint brush. Incl... 

Besides art, I'm also a member of Peninsula Writers, the largest writer support group in Michigan. Each year PW sponsors a writing retreat at Khardomah Lodge in Grand Haven. It's a historic 1880's lodge with a large stone hearth in the formal living... 

While cleaning out a storage area in our basement, I came across an old cardboard box containing our son\'s bed toys which included his Winnie the Pooh blanket and prized Smurf. After I got done crying, I rearranged everything and made it the subject... 

A portrait of the artist and his wife, Maryl, celebrating forty years of love, caring and togetherness. The original painting comes mounted in a custom made terra-cotta brick colored frame, not shown. 

Every man, regardless of skill level, needs a tool bench to call his own, even if he never uses it. This one is mine. The original painting is mounted in a custom made frame, not shown