When Autumn Arrives

A small 8x10 gouache painting.

Autumn Creek

Gouage on Watercolor Paper

The beauty of the tree is in the abstract patterns created by the leaves.

Dramatic Light

Abstraction

Mixed media study with gouache and pastels.

Study in Reds

Strong Design

The more I paint the more I realize the importance of a strong abstract design -the notan. Here is an example.

Treetop Blaze

From Dark to Light in Gouache

This small piece was painted the opposite way I normally do with watercolors. I placed the dark areas first and then worked my way out to the lightest tints in the middle to give the impression of strong sunlight.

Shores of Lake Como, Nesso, Italy

Color Sketches

Color comps for larger works. Gouache on mixed media paper.

Color Composition

Monochrome Landscape Studies

Monochrome studies are great for practicing value relationship within a painting. Executed with black and white gouache on Strathmore Mixed Media Visual Journal. Size: 5.5x8 in. Vellum finish.

Mini Landscape Studies

Desert Scene

The deserts of New Mexico look wonderful after the rain. The challenge here is to prevent the shadows from going flat; keeping them with "air and color". Gouache on watercolor paper.

Desert Splendor

Pastoral landscape

An example of a finished gouache painting on watercolor on paper. Size 8x10".

Road to the Ranch

Somewhere in Vermont's Countryside

This is a example of linear composition. Gouache on watercolor paper. Size: 8x10 in.

A Dairy Farm's Splendor

High-Key Cityscape

In this example most values are compressed in the high to middle range. Gouache on watercolor paper.

City of Bath, West of London.