I am a Fulton County employee with an interest in both visual art and music performance. On the visual art side, I have lately applied myself to both watercolor and photography.
I paint offbeat watercolor images from my imagination, often with an aquatic accent. Photographically, I like to use lighting elements to create dramatic settings for ordinary objects.
I want to encourage everyone to reacquaint themselves with their inner artist- you will be surprised what you can do!
"The Bassics"
"The Bassics"
Photography
Photo of acoustic bass violins at Atlanta Violins, Roswell, Georgia, 2023 using iPhone SE.
"All The Young Dudes"
"All The Young Dudes"
Painting
Abstract Watercolor painting using squeegee sponge and a fine brush for shaping, plus using the blunt end of the brush to impress the wet watercolor paper, 2023. I didn't know what to title it until I thought of a bunch of kids walking along together, just checking things out..
"Blue Shroom"
"Blue Shroom"
Photography
Photograph of wild mushrooms I found on a walk in Tucker, Georgia and then photographed with red backdrop and LED illumination. Shot with iPhone SE, August, 2024.
"Pontiac Sky"
"Pontiac Sky"
Photography
Photo of 1950's vintage Pontiac automobile taken at airshow at DeKalb-Peachtree airport, Chamblee, Georgia, Summer, 2023.
Photo taken with iPhone SE.
"Midnight Mood"
"Midnight Mood"
Photography
Here is a photo of one of my guitars, an Eastman 910 archtop jazz guitar taken late at night with spooky illumination from beneath. I used an iPhone SE.
"Strato-sphere"
"Strato-sphere"
Photography
Photo of a Stratocaster electric guitar with red backdrop and LED illumination, July, 2024. I like the design and aesthetic of electric guitars.
Photo taken with iPhone SE, July 2024.
"Suburban Dinosaur"
"Suburban Dinosaur"
Photography
Photo of a green lizard I spied among some Canna lilies while on a bike ride in Tucker, Georgia.
He seemed as interested in me as I was of him!
Shot with iPhone SE, June, 2024.
"Quoth The Raven."
"Quoth The Raven."
Painting
Painting of raven done with squeegee sponge, gouache paint and fine tipped brush. Painted without source material and was improvised... June, 2024.
"Verde"
"Verde"
Photography
Photo of Canna Lily leaf., June 2024. Shot with iPhone SE and LED illumination. I like the little details you can see when you magnify and illuminate plant leaves.
"Lost World"
"Lost World"
Painting
"Lost World" is a painting made by squirting multiple acrylics onto a black surface and then using ink brayers to roll across the paints, causing long streamers of combined color. After photographing the results, I wash away the acrylics, leaving the surface reusable for another mess of paint....
The painting only remains as a photograph.
The effect is abstract but has some sci-fi effects, at least in my eyes!!
"Cephalogod"
"Cephalogod"
Painting
"Cephalogod" is a painting using watercolor applied with squeegee sponge and a fine tipped brush on Dura-Bright Polyprophylene film ,which creates a textured depth and nice color blending, 2022.
" The Buoyant Boy"
" The Buoyant Boy"
Works on Paper
I like scratchboard technique. It is dramatic with deep blacks and contrasting white areas. For "The Buoyant Boy", I created a puddle of India Ink on coated white paper and barely shaped it with a brush. After the ink dried, I carefully began chiseling away at the blackness with an X-Acto blade and little features like the face and hands began to emerge. 2020.
"Grandpa"
"Grandpa"
Photography
"Grandpa" is a photo of an heirloom tomato and a pair of rusty old scissors. Shot with iPhone SE with LED illumination, November, 2022.
"Rush Hour"
"Rush Hour"
Painting
"Rush Hour" is a watercolor painting using dots of paint that are then liquified by a very water saturated squeegee paint sponge and then details are brushed out with a very fine paint brush and then details are impressed into the wet image with the blunt end of the brush. Colored pencils are used for accents when the painting has dried.
"Horn Section"
"Horn Section"
Painting
"Horn Section" is a watercolor created with red paint and a big water wash from a squeegee sponge and then the triceratops shape is added very quickly with a fine brush and details are added by impressing the blunt end of the brush into the water softened paper. Painted in 2022.
"The Kerguelen Islands Crested Vampire Roach."
"The Kerguelen Islands Crested Vampire Roach."
Painting
Watercolor painting using dots of color overrun by water filled squeegee sponge and then shaped quickly with fine tipped brush, The blunt end of the paintbrush is then used to impress details into the wet watercolor paper. The title is a ridiculous invention. Painted in 2021.