Backlit Trees

We live close to a wildlife sanctuary which has a small stream going through it with several trees and bushes with cattails growing along the stream. Here is a sample of the trees with the afternoon sunlight.
watercolor pen and ink

Monterey Pines

A friend asked me to paint a mural on his living room wall so I've been working on a few studies of the coastline and those famous Monterey Pines. I've never painted anything bigger than a 20"x30" canvas so this will really be a chalenge. I wonder which study he'll pick for the mural. These are all watercolor on 140lb. Arches paper.

Ding Dong My Twinkie's Dead

One of my favorite treats since I was a kid, killed by the unions greed. I think some unions act responsibly but others are just, plainly, run by idiots that think they can keep picking the pockets of the company and the company will pass along the new costs to the comsumer.
I remember when Twinkies cost 35 cents a pack, last time I looked they went for $1.00.
I'm sorry to see them go along with Ding Dongs, cupcakes and Wonder Bread.

White House Re-election Celebrations

34th St. and 8th Ave. - watercolor

I decided to re-paint the New York City watercolor I posted a couple of weeks ago. This is a larger and I think, a bit more finesed version (12"x16"). I'm still trying to capture the hustle and bustle and colors of the city that doesn't sleep. I think I like this version better.

Obama's Benghazi Debacle

                                             Bin Laden's dead and al qaeda is alive and well in Libya.
                                          That about sums up President Obama's foreign policy record.

Biden - Ryan Debate