The Morris Gallery

Miniatures II

2012-01-29T06:34:00.001-08:00

Miniatures II "Guilty Pleasures"

Group of miniatures I did for my miniature club. We had a theme of simple pleasures for the meeting but I couldn't resist taking it to another level, hence Guilty Pleasures

The Train

2012-01-29T06:31:00.001-08:00

The Train

Second set of Artist Trading Cards

Champ

2011-12-18T05:53:00.001-08:00

Champ

CJ

2011-12-17T13:52:00.000-08:00

Seasoned Greetings

2011-11-25T19:03:00.000-08:00

Seasoned Greetings

Gears

2011-11-20T14:00:00.000-08:00

Gears
Art Trading Cards

Wedding Day

2011-11-16T14:20:00.000-08:00

Wedding Day

Commissioned Artwork

Poor Little Kitty

2011-11-16T14:18:00.001-08:00

Poor Little Kitty

Get well card for a sick friend

Post Card

2011-10-31T17:41:00.000-07:00

Post Card
My rendition of the Bay Bridge Post Card

Seagulls

2011-10-31T17:40:00.001-07:00

Seagulls

Princess

2011-10-12T19:26:00.000-07:00

Princess

Sarah's Birthday present.

Daylilly Morning

2011-10-01T17:49:00.000-07:00

Hungarian Hilltop

2011-10-01T17:46:00.000-07:00

Danube Morning

2011-09-06T17:20:00.000-07:00

We had left Budapest early in the morning and were riding the bus to Vienna. We stopped at a small restaurant on the banks of the Danube.

Tote Basket

2011-08-27T17:29:00.000-07:00

Tote basket for carrying just about anything, 10 x 5 inch base with a 14 inch handle. Made from 3/8 inch flat reed with 1/4 flat oval and sea grass rope highlights

Bootsy

2011-08-27T17:27:00.000-07:00

My Aunt's little dog. More than a little camera shy
14+ years old

Japanese Weave Basket

2011-08-26T18:46:00.000-07:00

Beth's latest basket, a Japanese Weave Basket.
7 inches square by 13 inches tall.
1/4 inch flat oval splints woven in a unique Japanese Weave pattern

Sunrise in Prague

2011-08-13T09:09:00.000-07:00

Sunrise in Prague

We were vacationing in Eastern Europe and were at the Royal Palace waiting on the first changing of the guards. The sunrise over the fog across the city of Prague was amazing.

Folly Beach Sunrise

2011-07-14T19:55:00.001-07:00

Folly Beach Sunrise

Quiet Waters Art Show

2011-06-17T17:56:00.000-07:00

The Annapolis Watercolor Club art show at Quiet Waters Nature Park.

June 9th through July 31

These are my three entries

Racked

Pebbles

Summer House

Summer House

2011-06-05T05:17:00.000-07:00

Summer House

This is the summer house behind the William Paca house is Annapolis, MD. We toured the house and grounds with the Ralph and Nancy Pressley when the visited us recently,

Raptor EXP

2011-05-19T17:31:00.001-07:00

Raptor EXP

Special Project

Miniatures

2011-04-07T17:12:00.000-07:00

Miniatures
This is a a collection of miniature water colors that I painted recently. Some of the Artists in the Club that I belong to meet ever month or so and share their miniature creations and discuss them. This was my creation.

The trefoil knot behind the paintings is the simplest example of a nontrivial knot which is fundamental to the study of mathematical knot theory.

Maryland Hall Art Show

2011-04-03T12:05:00.000-07:00

On the steps of Maryland Hall.

The art show is located in the Chaney Gallery on the second floor.

My two entries, "Racked" and "Quiet Water".

Show ends on April 17th

Ford Island Tower

2011-03-06T12:31:00.000-08:00

Ford Island Tower

Ford Island is located in the middle of Pearl Harbor. This is the Air Traffic Control tower that oversaw all air operations at the air field. The tower was featured in the movie Pearl Harbor.

The Balcony

2011-02-19T07:08:00.000-08:00

The Balcony

Flowers on a balcony in the old town part of Annapolis

Quiet Water

2011-02-19T07:03:00.000-08:00

Quiet Water

Three canoes tied up to the dock at Quiet Waters park in Anne Arundel County.

Aloha Tower

2011-01-30T12:48:00.001-08:00

Aloha Tower

The Aloha Tower is a is a lighthouse that is a the landmarks of the harbor of Honolulu. Built in what is described as Hawaiian Gothic style it is located at Pier 9 of Honolulu Harbor. At 10 stories and 184 feet (56 m) of height topped with 40 feet (12 m) of flag mast, for four decades the Aloha Tower was the tallest structure in Hawaii.

Freedom Tower

2011-01-30T12:39:00.000-08:00

Freedom Tower

The Art Deco water tower stands at the end of the Parade Grounds of Hickam AFB in Honolulu. The Tower was damaged during the attack on Pearl Harbor, but not directly by the Japanese. Bombing of the airbase broke the main water lines and the rapid loss of water caused the internal tank to collapse. In 1985 the tower was dedicated as the Freedom Tower on Hickam's 50th Anniversary

Racked

2011-01-09T09:06:00.001-08:00

Racked

Three canoes on a rack a Quiet Waters, a county park in Anne Arundel County

Pebbles

2011-01-08T15:52:00.000-08:00

Pebbles

This scene was captured while walking over the rocks on the Reedy River in downtown Greenville, SC.

Makapuu Point Lighthouse

2010-11-30T20:55:00.000-08:00

Makapuu Point Lighthouse

Diamond Head Lighthouse

2010-11-30T20:53:00.000-08:00

Diamond Head Lighthouse

Barbers Point Lighthouse

2010-11-30T20:51:00.000-08:00

Barbers Point Lighthouse as it looked in 1932

St. Simon Island Lighthouse

2010-10-31T12:55:00.001-07:00

St. Simon Island Lighthouse

This lighthouse was designed by one of Georgia's most noted architect, Charles Cluskey. The tower is 104 feet tall, 129 steps to the top, and houses a third-order Fresnel lens.

Piney Point Lighthouse

2010-10-31T12:49:00.000-07:00

Piney Point Lighthouse

Located on the Maryland shore of the Potomac River, it is the oldest lighthouse on the river.

Haig Point

2010-10-15T07:02:00.000-07:00

Haig Point.

Located on Dafuskie Island this lighthouse is owned by the Haig Point Community and is not open to the public.

Point Lookout

2010-10-15T06:54:00.000-07:00

Point Lookout

Located at the mouth of the Potomac River on the Chesapeake Bay. Constructed in 1830 as a one-and-a-half story wooden and masonry building. It was rebuilt as a two-story structure in 1883 with the light at 40 feet. It was the location of a Civil War prison camp which imprisoned as many as 52,264 Confederate soldiers. Considered to be the most haunted lighthouse in Maryland.

Potomac Spillway

2010-10-08T19:00:00.001-07:00

Potomac Spillway

Just downstream from the locks a Great Falls Tavern, this is the small waterfall created by the spillway that diverts water around the locks

Hillsboro Inlet

2010-09-19T18:10:00.000-07:00

Hillsboro Inlet

This lighthouse is located near where my sister lived in Florida

Old Point Comfort

2010-09-19T17:51:00.000-07:00

Old Point Comfort

This lighthouse is located outside the moat or Fort Monroe near Hampton Roads, VA. I took this picture after a rare snow storm while I was a Langley AFB on business.

Hunting Island

2010-09-09T19:52:00.001-07:00

Hunting Island

The Hunting Island Lighthouse protects the Southern approach to St Helena Sound on the South Carolina coastline. Hunting Island is halfway between Savannah and Charleston. We last visited there in the early 90s

St. Augustine

2010-09-08T20:08:00.000-07:00

St. Augustine Lighthouse

We made numerous trips to St. Augustine over the years and always made a visit to the lighthouse. This is one of the best views of the light. We will return some day.

Snow at Cape Henry

2010-09-05T07:49:00.000-07:00

Snow at Cape Henry

A number of years ago I was working at Langley AFB when a rare snow storm blew through the area. I drove down to Fort Story to catch pictures of the Cape Henry Lighthouses in the snow. The old light was built in 1792, after fears arose that is was about to fall down it was replaced in 1881 by the new cast iron tower that is still in operation today. The old tower is still standing and is open to tours.

Moonrise

2010-08-29T14:21:00.001-07:00

Moonrise

We were on the Towpath Canal below Great Falls last winter when I found the inspiration for this painting. The sun was setting and the waxing gibbous moon was just rising over the tree line. The stark whiteness of this sycamore stood out against the winter forest.

Savage Mills

2010-08-15T05:22:00.001-07:00

Savage Mills

The old cotton mill on the Savage River.

Garden Shed

2010-07-25T07:36:00.001-07:00

Garden Shed

Recently the Annapolis Watercolor Club had paint-out at the renown Day Lily Gardens in Davidsonville. This the garden shed that is located at the back of the gardens.

The original painting was sold during the Linthicum Walks Art Show

Juried Art Show at the Cades Center for the Arts

2010-07-24T14:16:00.000-07:00

The Cades Center for the Arts
at Anne Arundel Community College

Me and my three entries

"Hera", "Caroline", and "Dockside"

My favorite patron of the arts.

Lazy River

2010-07-10T16:46:00.000-07:00

Lazy River

Kendal Sauls fishing on a calm Georgia river.
Special Request

Dockside

2010-06-25T09:08:00.001-07:00

Dockside

A rubber dingy tied up at the city docks in Annapolis

HERA

2010-06-11T09:56:00.000-07:00

HERA

Hera is a canal boat that we found in Amsterdam. People live on these boats and most never move. Owner pay rent on their dock space. Hera has the appearance of a work boat and may actually move

Caroline

2010-05-19T18:08:00.000-07:00

Caroline

We were down in Alexandria, Va, when we came across the rowing skiff "Caroline" and her sister tied up at the Harbor masters dock

Belgium Countryside

2010-04-26T18:30:00.000-07:00

Belgium Countryside

During our recent visit to Belgium we took an excursion to the town of Bruges. On the way there we passed some very quaint farms.

The Coliseum

2010-02-28T07:33:00.001-08:00

The Coliseum

This is a view of the Coliseum that isn't seen that often. You can see that two of the outer walls are missing. The Romans tended to recycle their antiquities. Tons of marble were removed from the Coliseum and other monuments to build The Vatican City. During World War II, Muss0lini's war machine removed all the iron supports to recycle them into weapons.

This painting was a gift to a friend.

Vaci Utca

2010-02-28T07:25:00.001-08:00

Váci utca is the main pedestrian thoroughfare through the Pest side of Budapest. It is perhaps the most famous street in Budapest, featuring a large number of restaurants and shops catering primarily to the tourist market. This is a typical signpost on a corner of the street.

Rutherfordton Chapel

2010-02-28T07:21:00.001-08:00

This small chapel is on North Main Street of Rutherfordton NC

Stonehenge

2010-01-24T17:07:00.000-08:00

Stonehenge, my return to surrealism.

Palms on Aruba

2009-12-13T13:15:00.001-08:00

Palms on Aruba

A Commissioned artwork, not for sale.

Metropolitian

2009-10-18T15:53:00.000-07:00

Metropolitain

This the entrance to the Paris subway that was outside out hotel in Paris. The Art Nouveau design of the stations in unique among mass transit systems.

Sudlersville

2009-10-18T09:22:00.000-07:00

Sudlersville

This little train depot sets on Highway 300 on the Eastern Shore of Maryland

New Prospect Church

2009-10-12T18:17:00.000-07:00

New Prospect

Now that Sarah's wedding has passed I will post the picture of the church she was married in. I painted this particular picture and presented it to the Pastor. I also painted a similar painting for Sarah and Alex and presented it to them at the church's wedding shower.

Star Spangled Banner

2009-09-13T18:01:00.000-07:00

We visited Fort McHenry a few months ago and captured this view as we entered the fort. This is a replica of the actual flag that is in the Smithsonian.

Flowers at 260 King George

2009-09-13T17:40:00.000-07:00

Just a little flower shop at the corner of King George and College in Annapolis MD.

Librairie des Jardins

2009-08-20T18:36:00.000-07:00

Librairie des Jardins

We stumbled across the Librairie des Jardins (Garden Bookstore) in the Tuileries gardens of the Louvre. The Librairie des Jardins is located in a vaulted 17th-century chamber beneath the terrace of the Jeu de Paume and Le Nôtre's horseshoe ramp of place de la Concorde. I liked the play of light and dark of the bright sun and shadows and hope that I captured the scene.

Gare du Nord

2009-08-02T18:35:00.000-07:00

We had just made the London to Paris crossing in about two hours on the 200 mph Eurostar. As we left the train at the Gare du Nord station I snapped a picture of our ride as it waited to make the return run

USS Monitor

2009-08-02T18:21:00.000-07:00

USS Monitor
My version is based on a watercolor by Oscar Parkes. It was the most technical accurate painting available. I made a few technical changes based upon photographs taken on the deck of the Monitor. My painting depicts the Monitor as it steams into the Hampton Roads area on March 9th to engage the CSS Virginia.

CSS Virginia

2009-07-26T17:37:00.000-07:00

CSS Virginia
This is an original watercolor based upon my research of the ship. There are many illustrations of the Virginia, none or which are truly accurate. A trip to the Hampton Roads Naval Museum in Norfolk to view their extremely detailed model provided me with the detail that I was looking to create this painting. The CSS Virginia, erroneously called the Merrimack by revisionist historians , was the most notable of all the Confederate ironclads. It's epic battle with the Union Ironclad Monitor at Hampton Roads is one of the most significant events of the War of Northern Aggression.

The David

2009-07-21T19:16:00.000-07:00

CSS David

This is an orginal painting of the CSS David inspired by the work of R.G.Skerrett and numerous Civil War era photographs.

Also known as "the little David", the CSS David was a steam powered semi- submersible torpedo boat that operated around Charleston about the same time as the Hunley. The David was conceived and designed by Dr. St. Julian Ravenel. She was built with private funds at Stoney Landing up on the Cooper river.

The David was designed to ride very low in the water and attack by ramming a ship with a spare mounted torpedo. The David was credited with the first successful torpedo attack in history against the federal New Ironsides, damaging her enough to cause her to withdraw and make repairs.

CSS Manassas

2009-07-14T18:40:00.001-07:00

CSS Manassas

CSS Manassas, a 387-ton ironclad ram, converted to a warship at Algiers, Louisiana. Her above-water hull was reshaped to a "turtle-back" form and covered with iron plating. She was given a pointed iron ram at the bow and carried a single gun that fired forward through a small opening. Her low profile made her a difficult target, while her armor protected her against all but the most well-directed enemy gunfire.

CSS Richmond

2009-07-05T17:14:00.001-07:00

Another of my R.G. Skerrett reproductions. The CSS Richmond was started at the Norfolk Navy Yard. When the Confederates evacuated the Norfolk area, she was towed up the James River to Richmond, Virginia for completion. She thereafter served in the James River Squadron, protecting the Confederacy's capital city from waterborne assault.

CSS Atlanta

2009-07-02T15:54:00.000-07:00

Another of my R.G. Skerritt copies. The CSS Atlanta was a confederate ironclad ram. She was captured after skirmishes in Wassaw Sound and became the USS Atlanta

CSS Palmetto State

2009-06-30T15:35:00.000-07:00

The CSS Palmetto State was one of the more successful Ironclads built, she is depicted at anchor in the Charleston Harbor. This is my water color copy of a drawing by R. G. Skerritt, one of the most accurate naval artists of the War Between the States. His original wash sketch of this ship and more can be found online at the Naval Historical center

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-us-cs/csa-sh/csash-mr/palm-st.htm

Kensington Close Station Flower Corner

2009-06-30T15:22:00.000-07:00

While we were in London we passed by this flower stand on the way to the Kensington Close Underground station. Beth insisted that I paint it, so I did.

Ringstrasse

2009-06-05T12:03:00.000-07:00

While vacationing in Vienna we encountered the efficient trolley system that navigated the Viennese Ringstrasse

Work Train

2009-05-10T18:50:00.000-07:00

We were traveling near Front Royal, VA, when we passed a Norfork Southern work setting patiently on a siding.

Pulteney Bridge

2009-05-10T18:41:00.000-07:00

We were on vacation in England when we visited the town of Bath. The Avon river runs through the middle of the town. The Pulteney Bridge crosses the Avon in the middle of town. There are shops built on both sides of the bridge much like the Ponte Vecchio bridge in Florence Italy.

Termini

2009-04-26T18:13:00.000-07:00

The 200 mph EuroStar train as it waits to make the run from Rome to Florence.

High Desert

2009-04-12T18:35:00.000-07:00

The Grand Canyon Railway makes daily runs to the Grand Canyon from Williams, Arizona. We had the front row of the Dome Car on the return trip and it was the best seat on the train as we rolled across the high desert

Ponte Vecchio

2009-04-12T18:23:00.000-07:00

When we were in Italy in 2006, we visited Florence and saw the Ponte Vecchio, a Medieval bridge over the Arno River noted for still having shops built along it. Butchers originally occupied the shops, but the present tenants are jewelers, art dealers and souvenir vendors.

Tulips

2009-03-07T17:58:00.001-08:00

This was a special request from a lover of tulips

C and O

2009-03-07T17:53:00.000-08:00

In 1946, the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad took five of its Class F-19 Pacific 4-6-2 locomotives and converted them into Class L-1 Hudsons. The new L-1s were covered with a streamlined stainless steel cowl which was painted yellow and silver. The tenders were cased in fluted stainless steel and tapered at the top so they would blend exactly with the new Budd passenger cars. The "yellowbellies" as they were called by C&O crews were numbered 490 through 494. Only 490 survives today and is on display at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, MD.

Steps

2009-03-01T07:33:00.000-08:00

We had stopped in the town of Szentendre, Hungary, for a little sightseeing. Beth and I were walking to the old Cathedral on the hill when we had to climb these steps to reach the top.

Silver Meteor

2009-02-28T17:04:00.000-08:00

The Silver Meteor is one of my oldest and fondest train memories. Dad regularly fired on the run from Savannah to Jacksonville. When was around 11 dad snuck me into the cab and we made the run to Jacksonville and back. High adventure for a young boy.

Mostem

2009-02-28T16:23:00.000-08:00

Mostem is the Czech word for "bridge".
We found this little nightclub located underneath one of the arches of the Charles Bridge in Prague

Highfield

2009-02-28T16:09:00.000-08:00

In this winter scene a Western Maryland F3 idles on the tracks at Highfield Station.

Chessie

2009-02-28T15:59:00.000-08:00

"Chessie" is a EMD GP40 that is now located at the B&O Train Museum in Baltimore, MD.

Family Lines

2009-02-28T15:02:00.000-08:00

The Family Lines System EMD switcher 1165 is similar to the one dad engineered during his last years with CSX.

B and O

2009-02-28T14:40:00.000-08:00

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was one of the oldest railroads in the United States and the first common carrier railroad. 6405 is EMD GP9 diesel locomotive built by General Motors in the United States between 1954 and 1963. The newly restored locomotive is parked outside the B & O shops at the B & O Museum

Gettysburg

2009-02-28T14:15:00.000-08:00

Located at the western terminus of the Gettysburg Railroad Company, the station is notable for being the site of Abraham Lincoln's arrival to Gettysburg on November 18, 1863, one day before delivering the Gettysburg Address. The station was built in the Italianate style, with arched windows, low-pitched roofs with eaves and decorative brackets that was popular in that day.

Piante e Fiori

2009-02-23T16:57:00.000-08:00

Piante e Fiori

(Plants and Flowers)

While on vacation in Rome we came upon this street corner flower shop. After I took the picture I bought a flower for Beth

Morris Island

2009-02-23T16:55:00.000-08:00

Morris Island

Morris Island Light is a lighthouse that stands on the southern side of the entrance to Charleston Harbor, north of the town of Folly Beach. The lighthouse now stands several hundred feet offshore. When constructed in 1876 the light was approximately 1,200 from the water's edge. However, the jetties which protect the Charleston Harbor altered ocean currents, resulting in the erosion of Morris Island.

Western Maryland

2009-02-22T15:01:00.000-08:00

Western Maryland

This Western Maryland Railway EMD F3 was setting on a B&O Museum siding just after restoration. The F3 was a 1,500-horsepower (1,100 kW), B-B freight-hauling diesel locomotive that was produced between July 1945 and February 1949 by General Motors’ Electro-Motive Division.

1309

2009-02-22T12:49:00.000-08:00

1309

The massive locomotive 1309 sits in the parking lot of the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, MD. 1309 was the last Baldwin H-6 2-6-6-2 compounds built and delivered to the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway in September 1949. Primarily a coal mine run engine, working the curving and heavily graded branches in the mountains of Virginia and West Virginia. Most H6s were scrapped, but 1309 was been preserved as an example of steam heritage.