Garden Bench

A personal painting that represents paradise to me. A perfect day on the planet. Far from the hub bub of usual activities. A haven. The dog, a Shih Tzu, was Zoey in a favorite place. However she is not with us anymore.  Use this link to buy cards and prints of this painting.

Oil on Canvas, aprox 18 x20″ Copyright 2025

 

Girl in a Blue Hat

Young woman in a blue hat and blue coat with a mottled green background

Inspired by a vintage black and white photo I found on the internet years ago – and saved in my files. There was only her head and some of her shoulder. So I had to wait until I could complete the picture as I see it in my mind. 

Oil on Canvas, aprox 18 x20″ Copyright 2025

 

 

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Portrait of Dave

Portrait of Dave Frank Henderson, green sweater, blue soft background

Portrait of Dave, 2024 This is my second portrait of Dave Henderson, artist. How do you capture a man with so many talents? I can only hope you can grasp some of his extraordinary talents by viewing this. If not I’ll make another, and another.

Oil on board. 18x 14″ 2024

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Barn with a Boy, and a Duck-2024

The neighboring property has a beautiful barn, and I often see this boy running to feed the poultry. He’s always running. Everyday the barn looks different, and I have taken scores of images. I never tire of it.

Oil on a board, aprox 11 x 14″ Copyright 2022

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Red Calla Lilly

A red Calla Lilly in the center of the image of leaves and greens

For many years there was a wholesale plant farm called Hamilton Farms in Denville, NJ. This was from an image I photographed onsite whilst walking through the greenhouses. Now the farm has gone, sold out to a Canadian owned pot farm. You can smell the drying processing reefer as you drive by.

Calla Lilly Oil on canvas paper, aprox 14×20″ , copyright 2021

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Warped Dreams

Warped ladder reaching into a tree with a brewing storm in the distance.

Sometimes you daydream and see something you can’t unsee. This curved ladder into a beautiful Oak Tree has been haunting me for years. I finally painted it. It is therapeutic, and I beg you to interpret it to your own liking. Bend it to your internalized feelings. Oil on board, aprox 20×24″ , copyright 2021

Fallen or Plucked, same difference

Los Lunas , New Mexico

Los Lunas , New Mexico

Live your lives like a fruit. And know that whether you fall or are plucked early you are all the same. The dust of your cells will be food for the new branches.

ONE OF THE LITTLE PEOPLE

troll

GRAPHITE ON PAPER  APROX 17 X 20″

This is my troll, Drew. His best friend is Suzi Cyclops.  They’re writing a story together and just finished vol I.

Drew is a Russ Troll – or is he?