Egg Harbor Morning
This painting captures the peaceful serenity of a stroll along the pier at Egg Harbor on a sunny morning in early June. Waves lapping against the stone storm wall, blue sky above, tranquil waters, not another soul in sight…
watercolor on cold press paper. 21” w x 17” h matted. $150
Rocks at Cave Point
Looking down over the rocks at the waves going to and fro over the rocks on a hot June day. Painted at Cave Point County Park, Door County, WI. One of s series of paintings done on location in Door County, WI.
Dimensions: 14” x 11” unframed
Medium: Watercolor on cold press paper
Storm's Coming SOLD
Storm Coming was inspired by a spring driving trip through the midwest prairies. Seeing the coming storms ahead of us through shafts of sunlight evoked the sense of the immensity, beauty and uncertain power of nature all around.
Watercolor on cold-press paper.
22” long x 15” wide. Wax finished and framed. SOLD
Abandoned SOLD
This painting was inspired by three crab shells I saw on a beach stroll along Oregon’s coast. I imagined they were washed empty and hurled up onto the sands by the ocean waves. The magnificent and varied colors of these shells drew me to create a still life capturing my memories of the stroll on s hot August day.
watercolor on cold press paper. 22” x 14” SOLD
Roof
My painting was inspired by pictures of the corbelled stone roof of a megalithic toumb at Knowth, County Meath, near where I come from in Ireland.
Dimensions: 5” h x 7” wide. Medium: watercolor on cold press paper
Lighthouse Beach in Winter
this painting evokes the quite stillness of this beach on Michigan lakeshore during the winter months. Painted on location at Lighthouse Beach, Evanston.
Medium: watercolor
Dimensions: 14” w x 11” h. Matted
Waiting for Summer
This painting reflects the quiet stillness of a beach in the off-season, where the absence of people allows the landscape to breathe and reflect its own sense of solitude. The empty lifeguard stand stands as a silent sentinel, awaiting the return of summer's vitality, while the fenced dunes gently guide the viewer’s eye toward the ocean’s horizon. I aimed to evoke a sense of waiting and reflection, where the beach becomes a place of peaceful anticipation. Through the soft, sun-washed colors and delicate textures, I wanted to highlight the beauty in emptiness and the passing of time between seasons.
Dimensions: 24" wide x 16" high (framed)
Medium: watercolor
Seagull Colony
Sitting on the beach, I could see a large, noisy flock of seagulls perched on a rusty and decaying concrete structure out on the Lake. As soon as I finished the painting, they all flew off! Perhaps they felt they were no longer needed by this artist?
Painted on location at Isherwood Beach, North Dunes Nature Preserve at Illinois Beach State Park, near Zion, Illinois.
Watercolor on cold press paper.
9” H x 12” W (unframed)
Rusty
An old and abandoned fishing boat I spotted at Gill’s Rock Harbor in Door County. One of a series of paintings done on location in Door County, WI.
Watercolor on cold press paper.
11”x13” unframed.
Sea from the Air
An abstract watercolor painting inspired by an arial view of the atlantic coastline off the coast of County Mayo, Ireland.
Watercolor on cold press paper.
20” H x 16” W (framed)
Spring Migration
‘Spring Migration’ depicts the spring migration flight of Sandhill Cranes. I wanted to capture the sensation of standing at the river, watching thousands and thousands of cranes flying overhead, swirling and honking in the early morning chill. Every March, over 1,000,000 sandhill cranes migrate through the Platte River region on their way north to Canada. Painted on location at the Platte River near Alda, NE.
Painting was featured in the Lakes Region Watercolor Guild Spring 2023 Art Show at the Old Opera House, Woodstock, IL.
Watercolor on cold press paper
16” x 20” framed
Abandoned Barn
An old barn, it’s front almost gone, roof in tatters, abandoned and forgotten. Reminiscent of many old and forgotten barns along the byways in the midwest.
11” h x 15” w
watercolor on cold press paper.
Going Against the Grain
An experimental piece, inspired by a photograph of a plank of wood with an interesting wood grain pattern. One of my first watercolor paintings. Shown in the 2020 College of Lake County Student Art Show.
Medium: watercolor on cold press paper.
Size: 14” H x 11.5” W
