Family Paintings

This is Ricky, my stepfather's grandchild. He is obviously having a great time at the beach.

Maegan is my niece. She is very artistic and I hope I captured her here while she was drawing in the yard.

Ben is my nephew and a wonderful guitarist as well as a good sailor, caregiver (professional nurse), carpenter, world traveler, spanish speaker and soon to be husband.

This is an early portrait that I did of myself for a self portrait show. I have always been a fan of
Frida Kahlo so this is a homage. The dog is my beloved labrador Roxy and the crow is the image of a crow I painted that won me an award in our local art show.
The dead fish reflects the fact that I was doing a lot of fly fishing for trout at that time.

This is one of my earliest oil paintings. It is of my granddaughter Ava taking a walk. She is asserting her independence by walking beside, instead of riding in her stroller.

This last painting is of my nephew Bevan. It was a birthday card for his mother, but later I developed it into a larger painting. He is gazing into the sun and dreaming.