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This weekend is the National Road Festival in parts of Maryland, Ohio and Pennsylvania. I've traveled the road much and many places along it have inspired me.
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My work is now on exhibition at the new Performing Arts Center at Garrett College. This show includes many large pieces and will remain until March 2023.

Artist Meet and Greet on Sunday November 20th

This Sunday, I’ll be on hand for a reception immediately following the 2:00 pm River City Brass Performance from 4:00 – 5:00 pm.

If you can’t make it to the Center in person, you can view the work here.

Thank you to the Garrett County Arts Council for coordinating this event

This is the second in a series created around Swallow Falls State Park in Garrett County, the westernmost county in Maryland.

I recently had an inquiry about work inspired by Swallow Falls State Park. All of the paintings that I created around this subject matter have sold, so I thought it was time to create a few new ones. Here is the first of two, Runoff.

Recently finished up a series of post of my art from time spent traveling through Ireland.

Yellowstone National Park’s Anniversary
On March 1, 1872, the area now known as Yellowstone National Park was the first area in the world to be designated a national park. Most of the Yellowstone is in Wyoming, with smaller sections in Montana and Idaho. Here are some paintings I completed after spending time in and around the park several years back.

I’ve been thinking about my Garrett County friends lately, as they are having a cold and snowy weather. No matter how you feel about wintry weather, it makes for good subject matter. This is a small original that I created for a Christmas card several years back. The scenes is from Turkey Neck Road, near my home in the area. The original is not for sale, but you can get fine art prints, cards and other items at Fine Art America.

You may notice the Casselman River Bridge in several of my images. This is a location where I have drawn much source material.

Read about the place that inspires much of my sailing themed work.

I’m adding two sailing-themed pieces to my Featured Art gallery with Hiking Out and Heading Up. The gallery is a part of my 2020 Virtual Studio Tour.