Slashing its extraordinary tail, a thresher shark breaks free from the ocean.
There’s no doubt in my mind that the thresher is one of the most spectacular fish in the sea.
16” X 20”
Acrylic on wood panel.
The most ancient of all the sharks, the Frilled Sharks closest relatives died out 12 - 30 million years ago.
“Frilled Shark”
Acrylic on Panel
12” X 30”
Pursuing enemy submarines in the Far East, the destroyer Sarsfield (DD-837) rolls and pitches heavily during high seas.
Commissioned by my friend for her fathers birthday, a destroyerman who served aboard Sarsfield circa 1970.
Acrylic on wood panel
15” X 30”
A commission for my friend and artist residency host, Richard.
Painted in Tulum, Mexico.
7 1/2” X 14”
Acrylic on wood panel
A goblin shark huns squid along the outer continental shelves.
12” X 24”
Acrylic on panel
Lifting into a freshening wind from a broad swell, a sailfish takes flight.
Acrylic on panel
11"X14"
In the intense, complete darkness of the ocean depths a bull sperm whale seizes a giant squid in its jaws.
Acrylic on panel
Commission
18” X 24”
The ice caps of the Pleistocene stretched as far south as New York and London. Roaming in herds across the vast expanses of boggy grasslands to the south was the Wooly Mammoth.
11” X 14”
Acrylic on Panel
These vessels sailed every sea, carrying on through thick and thin, establishing records for speed almost equal to the steam ships of today. Built with long narrow hulls, these ships “clipped” over the waves rather than plough through, earning them the name ‘clipper’.
Acrylic on Panel
11” X 14”
Jackalope
He has the characteristics of many animals but is closely related to none, a truly unique creature in the animal kingdom. Perhaps the most outstanding thing about the jackalope is its remarkable antlers, usually present in both sexes. Now believed to be extinct, countless jackalope once called the rolling prairies and great plains of North America home.
8” X 10”
Acrylic on Panel
12” X 12”
Acrylic on Panel
Viking Ship
Commission
11"X14"
Acrylic on Panel
No illustration can do justice to the beauty of a prime rainbow trout.
5″ X 7″
Acrylic on Panel
18" X 24"
Acrylic on Panel
Commission
8” X 10”
Acrylic on Panel
Commission
8” X 10”
Acrylic on Panel
A mojarra negra hides among probing roots in the warm clear water of a jungle cenote.
11" X 14"
Acrylic on Panel
Trying to shake free from a topwater plug, a largemouth leaps clear from the water, every jump a breathtaking experience for the fisherman.
The client wanted a portrait of his father and his best friend fighting an exceptionally large dorado they had caught together. He had asked for an Old Man and the Sea feel. One of my favorites.
8” X 10” Acrylic on Panel
8” X 10” Acrylic on Panel
Commission
