Tree Corridor – Great Circle Earthworks (June 2007)

I took this photo in Heath, Ohio, which is close to Newark in June 2007.  Heath and Newark are about an hour east of Columbus.

This place is called the Great Circle … Read the rest

Lilly Pads

I took this photo while camping at Cowan Lake State Park,  Ohio, in June 2009.

These Lilly pads bloom sometime in the middle of July, and when they bloom, it looks like there is a blanket of snow … Read the rest

Bank Barn and Hay Wagon, Carriage Hill Farm (2007)

This is a beautiful bank barn at Carriage Hill farm in Dayton Ohio.  Carriage Hill farm is a 1800 working farm and is a great place to visit.

It’s  on my … Read the rest

Caesar Creek Sunrise (January, 2009)

We have beautiful state park a little south of  where I  live called Caesar Creek State Park.  I look forward to getting up early and getting there before sunup.

I usually sit at the north … Read the rest

Carriage Hill Farm Barn II (Spring 2009)

Carriage Hill Farm has always been a special place for me. When my boys where little they always enjoyed going there.

There is always something new to photograph or paint at this working, … Read the rest

Carriage Hill Farm Pond

After work one evening, I stopped at Carriage Hill Farm Pond to fish and to photograph.

The sun was setting behind the lake, and through my artist’s eyes the trees looked as if they had been … Read the rest

Sunrise at Caesar Creek

I woke up early one Saturday morning about 6:30 and went to Caesar Creek in Waynesville, Ohio.

I sat on the North Pool Boat Ramp and watched the world change from the sacred night to another … Read the rest

Barred Rock Chicken II

Another pose of a Barred Rock hen at Carriage Hill Farm.

This one is strutting her stuff in front of the camera.

I wonder if she knows she’s famous now . . .(smile!)

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Cox Arboretum – Reflections

This is one of my first traditional oil paintings of the Reflections Pool at Cox Arboretum in Dayton Ohio.

The original of this painting was donated to Channel 16, Public Broadcasting Station (PBS), “Think TV”  (Dayton) … Read the rest

Misty Blue Ridge Parkway

Several years ago my family and I traveled the Blue Ridge Parkway.  We didn’t get to start right at the beginning but traveled the middle 300 miles or so of it.

Rain and mist was the … Read the rest