Columbia Distributing Mural Project

 This 27' by 9' mural took about 7 weeks of actual design and painting time (the management seemed okay with my two and half days a week schedule). This area is the staff break room, so painting in front of a live audience was a new experience for me. 

Latex and acrylic paint.

Recent Work (July 2020)

Acrylic on canvas.

Lake Wenatchee, Washington

This was a two-page sketch done on a beautiful day at Lake Wenatchee with Rick and Sherri Sutton on last month's vacation in Leavenworth. Just getting around to scanning both pages and blending them together, chose to leave the seam.

Watercolor and gouache in a Moleskine 5"x8" watercolor sketchbook.

Tacoma Maritime Fest - Foss Waterway Seaport

From Saturday's sketching of the waterfront on the Foss Waterway. Ink and watercolor in a Canson 140lb watercolor book.

Mother's Day

Mom passed away 19 years ago. My memories of her are still there but it seems time has made some of the details fade away.

Lewis Army Museum - Joint Base Lewis McChord

The Tacoma Urban Sketchers made a visit to the Lewis Army Museum at Joint Base Lewis McChord. So many things to draw...Though Mother Nature didn't rain on us, it was a bit cold. I'm looking forward to coming back in warmer months.

This is a great museum that many of us see from I-5 but may not have stopped to visit, I recommend you put it on your list of unique things to do when company comes to town.

Sherman Tank sketched in watercolor and ink on a Pentalic sketchbook.

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Phoenix-Scottsdale Travel Sketches

Papago Park - watercolor and ink

Musical Instrument Museum - graphite

Large bear sculpture - Downtown Old Scottsdale - graphite

Dual sketches from Old Scottsdale street corners. 

October Sketch Gathering - Tacoma

This was done on a cold clear October Saturday at a Tacoma Urban Sketchers Gathering. Wright Park and the Seymour Conservatory in downtown Tacoma is a favorite.

Ink and watercolor in a Moleskine watercolor book.

Mount Vernon sketches

On a trip to Mount Vernon to visit with friend and fellow urban sketcher Frank Bettendorf in his adopted home town. Pen, ink and wash in a Moleskine watercolor book.