Regarding painting...no pressure, no diamonds
Currently my painting style and direction leans towards abstraction with a measure of photo-realism —
along with a dash of Pop Art sprinkled on top.
But boy can I be one frustrated painter. Some days the paint can just flat beats me up.The tools are limited; a

brush or palette knife, tubes of paint and some paper or canvas. No Photoshop to add embellishments or fix
mistakes either. After an investment of time in any given painting, there's legit pressure in screwing it up.
So perhaps I'm not really all that frustrated but rather a willing practitioner of an oils or acrylic-fueled,
sado-masochism pursuit. There I said it.
I feel better already.
However, at the end of some days a painting victory is worth the battle. Probably among the most satisfying events of my current creative life.
Shoshone Truck - Oil, Cold Wax and Graphite on Paper, 30" x 22"
Colusa UnAmerican - Oil, Cold Wax and Graphite on Paper, 41" x 29"
Abandoned Exxon - Oil, Cold Wax and Graphite on Paper, 30" x 22"
Covid Blizzard, NYC - Oil, Cold Wax and Graphite on Paper, 30" x 22"
Rubber Dumpster - Oil, Cold Wax and Graphite on Paper, 30" x 22"
Shattered Glass (coffee table) - Acrylic on Paper, 30" x 22"
BlowOut - Oil, Cold Wax and Graphite on Paper, 41" x 29"
LA Electric Slide - Acrylic on Paper, 30" x 22"
Sushi Palace - Acrylic on Paper, 30" x 22"
Convergence - Acrylic on Paper, 30" x 22"
Unlatched - Oil, Cold Wax and Graphite on Paper, 30" x 22"
Telescope Lanes - Acrylic and Graphite on Paper, 30" x 22"
Hyena - Oil and Cold Wax on Paper, 18" x 24"
Dry-docked Boat Hull #5 - Acrylic on Paper, 30" x 22"
Water Collection Tank - Oil and Cold Wax on Paper, 30" x 22"
Lake Reeds - Acrylic on Paper, 30" x 22"
Black and Red - Oil and Cold Wax on Paper, 18" x 24"
Santa Fe Primed - Acrylic on Paper, 30" x 22"
Adobe Wall - Oil and Cold Wax on Paper, 18" x 24"
Corrugated Wavelength - Acrylic, graphite and India ink on Paper, 30" x 22"
Splattered Paint, Shipping Container - Acrylic on Paper, 30" x 22"
WWI Ammunition Cubby - Graphite, Graphite Powder, Acrylic on Paper, 30" x 22"
Barnacle Nation - Acrylic on Canvas (diptych), 60" x 40"
Rock Geometry - Acrylic and Graphite on Paper, 30" x 22"
New Mexico Umbrella - Acrylic on Paper, 30" x 22"
Sonoma County Wildfires - Acrylic on Paper, 30" x 22"
Oregon Bridge - Graphite, Graphite Powder, Acrylic on Paper, 30" x 22"
Blue Door - Acyrlic on Paper, 30" x 22"