The Brick Bridge

I'm still working with photos from our trip to Europe. This is a bridge in Holland I thought would make an interesting painting. Of course I took liberties with the subject to hopefully make a better layout. I'll be at Santa Cruz Art On The Wharf again this year with some of my new work as well as some old stuff. Santa Cruz, Ca. Sunday 7/19

The Blue Bicycle

I think there are almost as many bicycles in Europe as people. Bikes are everywhere. No doubt the Europeans find riding a bike much cheaper than owning a car, especially with the price of gas.
It is rather charming seeing all those people riding bikes on a sunny day but they look miserable in the rain.
Watercolor 12" x 16"

Boat at the Dock

This is another interesting scene I ran across in the Netherlands. There is so much water in this little country they use boats for delivering goods and supplies.
watercolor 8 1/2" X 6 !/2"

Girls at the Louvre

A couple of girls at the Louvre checking out the art. The Louvre (in Paris) is the largest art museum in the world with the largest collection of art. From ancient to modern art, from paintings to sculpture, they've got it all. It's also easy to get lost, but if you do there's plenty to look at .
Watercolor 6"X8"

I'LL HAVE THE CHEESECAKE PLEASE!

I took several photos in different restaurants while we were in Paris. This is from a place we had lunch one rainy day.
watercolor 9"x7"

Happy Birthday Donald

Donald's first appearance in the short cartoon "The Little Wise Hen" 1934.
Thanks to Tom Sito for the picture.

Paris in April

Paris is such an interesting city with so many things to see it's impossible to see everything. This is a bridge across the main river Sein which bisects Paris. It is a large river with a slow moving current. This is Ile, Saint Louise and this is the very end of it. The city is full of large apartment buildings that are at least a hundred years old with stores and shops on the street level and most of the streets are very narrow and picturescue. I can see why artists are drawn here to draw here (arf!).
oil on canvas 18"x22"