Meander Drawing

I did this drawing during my Italy trip in May 2014.  My meander drawings are drawings made with no particular place in mind, but are done in reaction to marks I make on the paper.  This drawing was done on the bus between town to town and in quiet hours in a hotel room.

Cherry Blossoms

Not far from where I am sitting is a small pile of watercolors I have been meaning to post.  I seem to have forgotten this blog and Facebook.  This painting was made in March of 2014.

Drawing made in Varenna

I made this drawing while eating breakfast and looking out at Lake Como.  So this is a combination still life and landscape.

Old Monastery in Turkey

A watercolor I did earlier in 2013 of an old Monastery.  I have done many versions of this motif and am still working on versions.

Landscape in Cappadocia

Watercolor painting from Cappadocia with wonderfully strange rock formations.

The Buddha visits The Netherlands

This is a watercolor I finished yesterday.  Part if this painting was painted from life and part was made up.  I had this idea of a visual story where The Buddha visits the Netherlands with his group of followers.

Humble Beginnings

A recent oil painting make fictional by the painting process.
The real location is north west of Istanbul on the Marmara Sea.

VanGogh #2

Watercolor -portrait of VanGogh #2
Part of my instagram series on portraits of VanGogh.

Landscape in Cappadocia

A watercolor landscape painting I painted in Konya and gave to the lead tour guide Taylan.
Here I was trying to go from a wide view to a more closed in view of the land.

This is a photo I took of Taylan Tasbasi the lead tour guide.
I enjoyed his unpredictable sense of humor and rambling curiosity.

Landscape in Cappadocia

A watercolor I did in Pamukkale and I gave it to Burak who was one of the tour guides.
I like this painting it seems to capture some of the magic quality of the land in Cappadocia.

I took this photo of Burak in Konya.  Burak is explaining  the poet  Rumi to the group
at the Mosque where Rumi is laid to rest.
This post is for Vanessa who sent me such a wonderful christmas card.

Landscape from Sketchbook

I made this up while sketching on the bus.  This image is from memories of my 2011 Turkey trip while on my 2012 Turkey trip.  

Old crumbling wall

A painting of an old wall in its last stage before total obliteration.

Old Hillside at Assos

This painting of a hillside at Assos in Turkey is one of my favorites .
Nothing man made just a hillside with very odd interesting rock formations.

Old Tower

An old tower crumbling and overgrown with weeds, inside there were many snakes crawling on the rocks and dirt.

Daydream at Pergamum

One day I was under a tree at Pergamum and untied a large bag.
A two headed snake crawled out and began crawling near my feet making lines in the grass and sand.

Necropolis

An old Necropolis sliding and crumbling down a hill toward its grand finale a pile of broken stone covered with weeds and dirt

Blue Yonder at Assos

My depiction of an old landscape with a ever changing cloudscape.

Turkish Olivers

Oil on Cigar  box
My first post in months

Near the Marmara Sea

Oil on wooden cigar box.
Another version of this motif painted 1 year after my trip and dedicated to all my fellow travelers down the Aegean coast.

Cherry Strudel

Pen, brown ink & watercolor

Landscape at Assos

Oil on wooden cigar box
An old ruin near the Temple of Athena 

Still Life

A study of flesh and wood

Pen study

Pen Studies

First study exploring a portrait with deep space behind the figure.  I make this with Piero Della Francesca's portrait of Federico II da Montefeltro in mind

A man I saw on the bus he was in his own world saying he could see the air.   Naturally I liked him.

Portrait of Edouard Manet

Ink and wash drawing of the painter Edouard Manet

Man riding on a fish

Moon study

Head study

Falling

Still Life for Mom

Thank God for piles of Dust

Watercolor #6

Watercolor study with pen and ink

Watercolor #5

Work in progress which shows the little set up I used here

Portrait

Watercolors #3 & #4

Watercolor #3

Watercolor #4

Two more watercolors in the series using Guitar brand watercolors.  The pigments are very saturated and rich when used undiluted out of the tube.

Encounter

Squash Head

Revisiting Assos

Number 1

Number 2

On the Road in Turkey

Turn off from main road.

The sign points the way to a Mosque