"American GoldFinch 2"

8.5"x7.5" acrylic on marbled paper $175.00
"Painting is easy when you don't know how,
but very difficult when you do."
--Edgar Degas

"Western Tanager, Male & Female"
8"x10" acrylic on marbled paper $225
"The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep. " --Marc Chagall

"Purple Finches & Jacaranda"
8"x10" acrylic on marbled paper
"What was any art but a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself - life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose." --Willa Cather

"Mockingbird"
8"x10" acrylic on marbled paper
"The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure." --Dale Carnegie

"Dark-eyed Junco, female"

8"x5" acrylic on marbled paper

"Acrylic can reach a high level of intensity, a sharpness and 'hard-edged' truth, which is a little bit too easy to smudge over, or just blur out, when you work in oils alone." --Mark Jacobson

"Egret Take-off"
7.5"x8.5" acrylic on marbled paper

"Acrylics can be used in the age-old pursuit of enjoyment, mastery and inspiration as easily and successfully as any traditional medium."

--Robert Bissett

"Cuckoo"
6"x10" gouache on marbled paper
"Art does not imitate nature, but founds itself on the study of nature – takes from nature the selections which best accord with its own intention, and then bestows upon them that which nature does not possess, viz.: the mind and soul of man." --Edward Bulwer-Lytton