Acid Dream Painting 41 For this painting I wanted to do something really weird and abstract. I just sort of did whatever I wanted and there was no theme to this one.
	Fruit Basket   Painting 42   This was the very first painting I ever did. I think I was in 6th grade at the time. I didn't know what to paint so I asked people for ideas. Someone told me to do a still life painting using fruit so I tried it.
	Xmas Ornaments Painting 43 This is a project I did for my art class at UMass Lowell. My teacher told us to draw a still life scene with six different objects. One object had to be a glass, and one object had to be metallic. I used a shot glass and a ballberring. The dear in the middle is a Christmas ornament that my mom used for our Xmas tree that winter.
	Skull N Crossbones Painting 44 This was another school project. For this one we had to draw pieces of wood and a skull. I thought that was kind of weird at the time but I needed the practice so I tried it.
	Paper Bags   Painting 45   This is another school project. My teacher was teaching us about drawing different shapes. We also learned about shading using charcoal and pencil.
	The Statue I Painting 46 This is another school project. Here we were studying the human form. This is a copy of a statue. My teacher made us all draw this to practice doing people and body sketches.
	Nude Male Portrait   Painting 47   I took an art class at UMass Lowell. One of our assignments was to draw a nude male portrait. This project was supposed to teach us how to draw the human form.
	The Statue II Painting 48 This is another statue I did for class. This one only had a torso to draw. It was supposed to be a broken greek statue of some god. It came out okay but you can't see it too well in this picture.
	Duracell Battery And A Shot Glass Painting 49 For this one, my teacher told us to draw a shot glass and two duracell batteries. Drawing the glass was interesting because we had to use chalk to show the light highlight off the glass. I like the contrast between light and dark in this one.
	Ivory Soap I Painting 50 For this one we had to draw 2 bars of Ivory soap. Then we had to use watercolors to shade the soap. I'm not a big fan of watercolors. I prefer oils, but it was fun trying a new technique to learn.
	Lemon   Painting 51   This is another school project. For this one we had to draw a lemon up close. My teacher wanted us to draw the ripples of the lemon. We used this techneque called "cross hatching" to show the bumps on the lemon. You can't tell from this picture, but the cross marks are there.
	Paper Bags II Painting 52 Here is a practice sketch of some brown paper bags. Again, more training on shapes and shading objects.
	Ivory Soap II Painting 53 Here is another one of Ivory Soap. This one has 3 bars of soap stacked on top of each other. It's tough to see from this picture because the lines are too light, but that's what I was trying to draw anyway.
	Hawaii III Painting 54 I wanted to do another scene of Hawaii because I loved it there so much. I wish I could live there. Anyway, for this one I wanted to do a really colorful sky with bright auqa water crashing into the rocks. I really like how the sky turned out for this one with the red.
	Uncle John's Favorite Painting 55 I did this one for my Uncle John when I was like 10 years old. He told me he liked ocean scenes so I tried to make one for him. It didn't come out that great but it was my first seascape.
	Cape Cod III Painting 56 Here is another seascape of Cap Cod. I like how the lighthouse came out on this one. I'm starting to get better at ocean scenes but I need more practice. The big wave in the front is what people seem to like about seascapes.
	Bright Autumn Day Painting 57 Here is another fall scene that I did. For this one, I wanted to really show how bright the autumn leaves can be when the sun shines down on the trees. This is supposed to be a warm day in early October when the folliage is at it's peak.
	A Lazy Winter Afternoon   Painting 58   I did this painting for my Uncle Chris in Buffalo. He wanted one of my paintings so I thought it would be cool to do a winter scene for him. Buffalo gets alot of snow in the winter and I figured this scene would tie in to that idea.
	Down By The River I Painting 59 For this one, I wanted to do a river scene. I made the river go back and forth like a snake. I also added a berch tree in the front to give the painting more detail. This is supposed to be a rainy day by the river.
	Down By The River II Painting 60 This is another version of the river scene. I used a different set of colors, but the idea is the same. In this version it's an autumn river theme.