People ask me how long I’ve been drawing and painting. Well, since I was a kid. I ran across an old family photo of me working on a model airplane so I decided I’d draw it. Mom had the good sense to make me go outside. Do kids still do this kind of thing?

Charcoal on paper, 12″ x 12″
For the first time in over forty years I will be celebrating Christmas without my wife, Beverly. Yet, as difficult as it will be I know that through the birth of Christ, God has shown his love for us and that He will never leave us alone.

John 11:25
Beverly, or Mimi to her grandkids, is still with us on Christmas.
We can’t stop being who we are.

The kid wanted a jungle on his wall. Mom wanted to match the linens. So we used the plants and colors in the drapes and bedspreads to come up with this jungle mural.

The column on the right borders a window.