This painting has been in the works for a few months now.  This is Brugge, Belgium, or Little Italy because of all of its canals.  I fell in love with Brugge with it's beautiful stepped houses, nice people and, of course, its huge population of chocolate shops.  :) 

I'm a little, OK, a lot ashamed to admit it, but this painting has been on the back burner for finishing for around 16 years now.  This is a painting of my sweet daughter who will be turning 18 this Friday.  I was struggling with the dumb tree and just gave up.  Unfortunately, I still don't think I pulled it off.  I'm calling it done for now and will go back to it later when I can figure out what needs to be done.  : /

I was given this assignment by my favorite college teacher (my favorite teacher out of any of my schools for that matter), Adrian VanSuchtelen, about 5 months ago and I've finally forced myself to finish it, thanks to a painting day with a friend and the sheer determination to just get it out of my sight.  I wish I could've done the scene justice.  The rainbow that was slowly disappearing after the terrible thunderstorm, where lightning crashed not more than 50 feet away from us, was a beautiful, calming sight.  This is one of my few watercolor paintings.

German Village reworked

I reworked this painting because every time I looked at it, it made me growl.  Growling at your art work is generally not a good sign.  I'm still not completely in love with it, but I like it much better.  Now all it gets is the occasional grimace.

Steve, my latest portrait

This is a painting that I started for my best friend back when her husband died...many, many years ago.  I finally found the painting down in the pit of doom (i.e. the basement) and decided that after 6 years, it might be time to finish it.  So, after completely painting over it because I was dissatisfied with his positioning (and this photo of it doesn't show what his positioning really is), here it is.