Masterpooches^TM Was inspired by the antics of Cadette, my Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier while I was completing my art degree and taking art history and studio classes. Her vacant stare....the mustache...she was Salvador Doggi! My models are the obliging pooches of friends and others within my community. I love painting them and hope you enjoy my praise - and parody - of two of my favorite subjects. AND, there are more to come! Do you have a Masterpooch in your household? I'd love to see him or her!

Safari Series My girlfriend Leslie went on a Safari, and came back with wonderful photos for me to use. The encaustic process (melted beeswax and pigment) brought out a beautiful and new life to the images.

It's an Abstract Life I think many of us wish that life was a "picture perfect" kind of existence - just the way we imagine or hope it could be. But, a pretty picture is "eye candy" - easy to look at, but not very nutritional. At least, that's my opinion. I really believe that beauty in art as well as life is the ultimate resolution of the elements - value, color, shape, line, texture. This is my visual take on my philosophical view.