Sherri was a gallery owner in Michigan. I was honored to be represented there. It was my most cherished and thrilling experience as an artist. Since then, she and her husband Russ have become dear friends. I did this portrait as a gift for her.

My portrayal of the view across a small town main street.

Twilight along the shore is a very romantic experience.

There’s a lot of interesting architecture at Oxford, but the scenery is great, like these boats lining the stream.

” . . . they stopped at the shore, watching the waves, hearing them roar, listening to the seagulls and feeling the breeze . . . “

Honfleur is a French city in Normandy where the Seine river meets the English Channel. William the Conqueror departed from here in 1066 as he was on his way to invade England. The harbor is lined by tall buildings built from the 16th to 18th century. I really wanted to do a painting of it, so here it is.

Sunlight on the umbrellas and beach chairs invite me to sit down and enjoy the waves rushing in from the ocean.

I witnessed a man fishing from the shore. He thought he’d caught a fish–no. It was a shark. He grabbed it by it’s tail and tried to drag it back to deeper water to let it go. It was a big struggle, but finally when it got to deeper water it swam away. The fisherman was shaken. He could have been bitten, but was happy to let that amazing animal swim to freedom.