City in the Mist

August 29, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Exploring continues. Took an online class from Angela Anderson Fine Art on her YouTube channel, and am thrilled with the outcome of my acrylic painting. Love the diversity in the trees and shrubs and first time learning how to create the look of fog or mist in the distance.

Currents – An Abstract Commission

August 28, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

This abstract acrylic painting is my first large commissioned piece. It’s influenced by a famous Puerto Rican artist, Andres Bueso.

Dukie – The King of the Finca La Nuestra, AKA Farmhouse

August 14, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

Dukie is the king of the Finca La Nuestra, aka ‘Our Farmhouse’, in Satsuma, FL. He is a Rhodesian Ridgeback and Yellow Lab mix. When my brother, Albert, and my uncle Fernando and their spouses, Dania and María Eugenia, bought a 10-acre farmhouse earlier this year, they didn’t anticipate that the previous owner’s dog would […]

Lady Patches Pet Portrait

August 8, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Lady Patches Grimes is a miniature Schnauzer living her best life in Jacksonville, FL. It took her mom, Patti, many months trying to get her still enough to capture a photo to send me as a good reference. I think there must have been a tasty treat in front of the camera evidenced by her […]

Jamie’s Lily

April 1, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Lily Pet Portrait, four-legged baby, Leo Art Creations

This cutie was my good friend Jamie Jordan’s four-legged baby for many years and it was an honor to paint her. I painted this puppy in acrylic and creating white fur with paint always has its challenges because you need to see past the white and bring out the underlying colors. What I love most […]

Mountain Escape

March 27, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

This scenic escape is an acrylic painting I did a few weeks ago for a colleague who loves mountains and nature. I truly enjoy working with different tools to get the effects and detail I’m looking for throughout the piece. To see the full size painting, click to my Landscape Painting Page.

Island Beach

February 27, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Growing up in Florida, going to the beach was often our best entertainment. The time was full of adventure and usually packed with locals enjoying fun in the sun. As a teenager in the summer, my parents would pack up the station wagon with food for an entire day. I would spend most of the […]

Summer in the Country

February 27, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

My daughter, Nicole, recently moved to an apartment in Orlando where they have beautiful trails and it reminded me of summers in the country. That was the inspiration for this painting, for which I took a course from artist, Angela Anderson, to create this acrylic piece on canvas full of mid-morning sunshine and reminded me […]

Pet portraits warm hearts

February 15, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

The love we have for our pets and the loyalty and love they have for us is a special bond. Many of the pet portraits I’ve done are of pets from my family and friends. A remarkable aspect of a pet’s personality is in the eyes so I try to bring that out in my […]

ALBERT’S LUNAR GATEWAY

February 15, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

For many years of our adult life, I have known of my brother Albert’s intrigue and passion for NASA and all of the studies and mysteries of our universe. I don’t remember ever seeing a telescope in his house, yet remember sitting in his backyard late at night one time when our kids were young […]