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My love of creating art always starts with a pencil and paper to work out inspiration. Many of the works I draw are started with a thumbnail on the edge of the paper--and I go forward on the large sketch, then to the small oil sketch/study. Most of the time--at the skecth stage-- human models are not available, I draw the human figures from memory, its important to create the sketch quickly.
I love to take some time to explore ideas--this frees me anything I have done in the past. Creativity is a signature of our creator, it should not be limited when you can create anything that has not been created.
How much time do I take on a sketch? Sometimes a few hours, or a few days, when its done, a new idea has already been given to me, I can see the image before I begin many times. You will see the light coming through my art, this is the beauty of creation and... our reality.
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Batteaus at Sunset
Graphite Study for Life on the James River in Virginia, 1770s.
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Batteaus Through the Shallows
Graphite Study for Life on the James River in Virginia, 1770s. |
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Sunshine on the James
Graphite Study for Life on the James River in Virginia, 1770s. |
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Sunset on the James
Fishing is best at dusk near the shoe.
Graphite Study for Life on the James River in Virginia, 1770s. |
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The Way Home
Graphite Study for Life on the James River in Virginia, 1770s. |
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Lynch's Ferry at Dusk, 1757
Lynch's Ferry Graphite Study for Life on the James River in Virginia, 1770s |
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Dawn on the Bay
Lynch's Ferry Graphite Study for Life on the James River in Virginia, 1770s |
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Golden Stream
Black Water Creek, Lynchburg Virginia, Graphite Study for Life near the James River, 1770s. |
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Batteaus on the James
Graphite Study for Life on the James River in Virginia, 1770s. |
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Fredericksburg Civil War Baseball
A graphite study to capture the energy of baseball being played with soldiers at a time when war had ripped their lives apart.
Baseball was birthed in Falmouth Virginia with Abner Doubleday be stationed during the winter and summer of 1863. |
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Sunset on the James
Graphite Study for my Jamestown project when John Smith and his 13 men traveled the area in 1607 in a small boat called the shallop. |
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Ask, Seek, Knock
Grahite study for the Jamestown party with John Smith making his way up Belmont hill to place brass crosses on trees, nearly escaping death from 1000 indians and severe August heat in Fredericsburg Virginia.
:: See the FinalPainting, Sunrise o'r the river |
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The Blessing,
First Study
Mary Washington blessing George Washington in her home in Fredericsburg Virginia., 1789
:: See the Final Painting |
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George Rogers Clark crossing the Wabash, 1779
A graphite study. I saw this story as a divine possibility, God allowed men to do the impossible.
When the war was not going well in the northwest territory, Clark, a savvy Caroline county native with some frontier military experience in Kentucky, got a commission from governor Patrick Henry to form an expedition to the Ohio valley.
The expedition of 170 men traveled 180 miles, 24 days in an Ohio winter, with water to their shoulders, soaked to the bone, slept by meager fires, without ample food.
The fort was surrendered, very orderly, General Hamilton wept when he understood how few men Clark had in his force.
: See the original painting |
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Chickaominy Visitor, 1607
A graphite study for my Jamestown series, the shallop traveling up the Chickahominy river in Virginia in 1607, John Smith and men. |
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Great trees like a giant street, 1607
A graphite study for my Jamestown series, the first time John Smith and his men see the virgin forest of Virginia . |
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