A Collection of Works.

Stars in the Osage, Acrylic on Panel, 16" X 20" Private Collection

Orange Brick House at Evening, Acrylic on Panel, 38" X 48"

The Non- Conformist, Acrylic on Panel, 38" X 48"

Fox Creek School, Kansas Flint Hills, Acrylic on Panel, 38" X 48"

Cold Spring Road, Near Warsaw Missouri, Acrylic on Panel, 38" X 48"

Sac Osage Overlook, Acrylic on Panel, 38" X 48"

The Blazed Trail, Acrylic on Panel, 38" X 48"

Plien Aire Study, University of Central Missouri Campus, Acrylic on Panel, 18" X 24"
Looking Across the Osage, Osceola City Park at Evening, Acrylic on Panel, 38 X 48"

Red Clay on Old 82 Highway, Oil on Panel, 20" X 30"

Working From a Digital Sketch.




This is my Original Digital Sketch Done In Gimp.
This is the Second, or the First Painted Version.
This is the Final Result. Acrylic on Panel, 38" X 48"


A Collection of Works

Newfoundland Light, Oil on Panel, 24" X  18"

Kautz Creek Mt, Rainier National Park, Oil on Canxas, 30" X 20"

Crowe's Crossing, Osage River, Acrylic on Panel, 38" X 48"

Sunrise on Clouds, Acrylic on Panel, 38" X $8" Private Collection

Old School Colors, Acrylic on Panel, 20" X 35" Private Collection.
Sunset Behind My House, Acrylic on Panel, 38" X 48" Jackson County Historical Society Collection.
Watercolor Study For Acrylic Painting, Hill Behind the Swinging Bridge, 140lb. Arches Cold Pressed 20" X 30"
Hill Behind the Swinging Bridge, Acrylic on Panel, 38" X 48"

Harvesting Cedars, Oil on Panel, 38" X 48"

The Golden Road, Missouri Ozarks, Acrylic on Panel. 20" x 30"


Sunset in Wyoming, Oil on Panel, 38" X 48"

A Collection of Works

On the Road to Black Jack, Oil on Panel, 18" X 24" Mr. and Mrs. Sean O'Brien Collection

On the Way to Get Amish Shoes, Oil on Panel, 38" X 48" State Fair Community College Collection.

Orange Mud, Acrylic on Panel, 38 X 48"

Vera Cruz Mexico, Oil on Panel, 30" X 48" This park has special significance for my brother and I. We went to Mexico with hopes of climbing Mexico's highest mountain, Pico De Orizaba. We had one week's worth of food and climbing gear in our packs, and one weeks worth of money in our pockets. When we got to Orizaba, a small town at the base of the mountain, we discovered our packs and gear were not on the bus. We spent three days in Orizaba waiting for our packs. The clerk in the bus station in Orizaba got tired of seeing us, and gave us free bus tickets back to Vera Cruz. We got there on a Friday night only to discover all of the hotels we could afford were full. a friendly cab driver took us to every house of ill repute in Vera Cruz, thinking that was what we were after. We ended up sleeping in this park for three days and nights, until a room opened up next to the bus station. This woman leading her child through the park caught my eye. This is an unfinished work.

Collected Works

Going With Grandpa to Clean the Deer Stand, Acrylic on Panel, 18" X 24" Commissioned Work, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Jason Dawson.

Clock at 10th & Walnut, Kansas City Missouri. Acrylic on Panel, 36" X 24" Commerce Bancshares Collection

Cow at Evening, Acrylic on Panel, 20" X 30" David Smiley Collection.

Sac Osage Bluff in Winter, Acrylic on Panel, 38" X 48"

Collected Works

The Milky Way, Acrylic on Panel, 38" X 48" First Version. This painting was inspired by an adventure I took when I was 16 years old. I ran away from home in Kansas City and went to the Lake of the Ozarks. I found a small cave in a bluff adjoining the lake and made it my home. I got a job at a local sawmill. I would ride the school bus to work. The local elementary school was just down the road from the sawmill. Getting off at the elementary school made me look kind of "slow"but it was a ride to work. The mill workers would drop me off at a house near my cave.I remember my first night sleeping under the stars, and marveling at their beauty, it was difficult seeing stars in the lights of the city. This painting belongs to Mrs Angel Mallen, and is above her mantle piece.


The Final Version of Milky Way.
Monegaw Bluff in Winter. Acrylic on Panel, 38" X 48"  Monegaw Bluff is one of the favorite hideouts for the Younger, and James outlaw gangs of late 19th century Missouri. The Younger family lived near the bluff just outside of nearby Roscoe Missouri. The famous shootout between the Youngers, a St. Clair County Sheriff''s Deputy, and a Pinkerton agent, took place just north of Roscoe.

Monegaw Bluff Just After a Storm., Acrylic on Panel, 38" X 48" Mr. and Mrs. Sean O'Brien Collection.
Rachel and Abby at the Low Water Bridge, Acrylic on Panel, 38" X 48" Collection of Dr. Gary Carter

Dry Creek in Summer, Acrylic on Panel, 38" X 48"

Log With Snow Over a Pool, Acrylic on Panel, 38" X 48"

Memory of the House With the Rock Wall, Oil on Panel, 18' X 24" Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Schiller When you are an artist, especially one who grew up poor, you work a variety of jobs to support yourself and your art. This memory comes from a truck driving job I had that would take me to Topeka Kansas and Manhattan Kansas. I would se this house on the north side of  Interstate-70 and say to myself I have to paint this.

A Progression.

Original Photo.

Original Photo with Changes in Photoshop

Final Painting. Oil on Panel, 20" X 35" Private Collection.

My Master Studies, Winslow Homer.

After Winslow Homer, Acrylic on Panel, 20" X 30" Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hagerman Collection.

After Winslow Homer, Watercolor on 140lb. Arches Cold Pressed 16" X 24"

After Winslow Homer, Watercolor on 140lb. Arches Cold Pressed, 16' X 24"

A Collection of Works.

Imaginary Landscape, Oil on Canvas 50" X  50" Private Collection.

Autumn Color on Gallinipper Creek, Acrylic on Panel, 38" X 48" Mr. and Mrs. Arregun Collection.

Jacks Fork River, Acrylic on Panel 38" X 48" Mr. and Mrs Richard Petsch Collection.

House Across the Osage. Acrylic on Panel, 12" X 16"