I'm "over the moon" to report that my recent painting "Vigilant" (16x20m oil on canvas) has been accepted into the 2024 Coast Guard Art Program (COGAP). The inaugural exhibition of the 2024 collection at the Salmagundi Club will run from July 1 through July 26, 2024. The opening reception and acceptance ceremony will be held July 11 at the club. The 2024 art collection at Federal Hall National Memorial for several months which is also in New York City.

I am so grateful to LT Scott Kellerman, USCG who gave me permission to use his photo as the source material for this painting. LT Kellerman is currently serves as an HH-60 pilot on active duty at CGAIRSTA Clearwater, FL. See more of LT Kellerman's beautiful photography scottiek07#oilpainting #coastguard #semperparatus #coastguardart

Always exciting to capture the vibrancy of Charleston. This painting depicts a morning stroll through the weekly Charleston Farmers Market at Marion Square. The Market typically operates April to November every year. The market features local fresh vegetables, arts and crafts, food trucks, and live music.

Another painting selected by the Town of Mount Pleasant Culture and Arts Program...."Joey T" has been reproduced and mounted on a traffic signal box located at the corner of IOP Boulevard and Rifle Range, Rd in Mount Pleasant. Here is the original painting as well as the decorated signal box.

Experimenting with Cold Wax Medium

Recent work developed with oil and cold wax medium. These were painted on Arches Oil Paper and then mounted on cradled panels.  Quite a departure from representational work, but enjoyable none the same.

Spring has sprung in the Low Country. A beautiful day for some plein air painting on Shem Creek. Used this sketch to develop teh finished piece below back in the studio.

"Tarvin Shrimper", 20x20 Oil on Canvas (Sold)

I am humbled and honored that one of my Coast Guard themed paintings has been juried in and selected by the Coast Guard Foundation to be part of the Coast Guard Art Program permanent collection. 

My recent painting "Twilight Stroll on Broad", 24x30 Oil on canvas, was awarded Honorable Mention- Oil Painting category at the Mount Pleasant Artists Guild Virtual Art Show conducted in November 2020. 

Three of my paintings were accepted  by the College of Charleston's Center for Sustainable Development as one three winners in the 2020 Student Art Expression of the Year program. Each year, the artworks chosen are put on display around campus. This year, the pieces were conceived and created to help viewers connect more fundamentally with the issues of climate change and global warming – the chosen theme for the fourth year of the College’s Quality Enhancement Plan. 

My series of paintings (on display in the Simons Center for the Arts) represent a possible future for the Charleston area as we attempt to be ‘resilient’ in the face of climate change and sea level rise. Sea level rise due to climate change seems all but inevitable. Expensive engineering solutions alone will be insufficient to address all the effects of sea level rise in our region. They must be coordinated with political, economic and even personal actions to address the challenge. Consequently, my project takes a somewhat cynical approach to the issue, by presenting a future where Charleston adapts to rising sea levels by returning to the Charleston ‘built’ topography of the 17th century. What are now streets and boulevards built on landfill and impervious surfaces will be reclaimed by the sea. These works represent various vignettes of a future Charleston where waterborne transit becomes the norm.

https://today.cofc.edu/2020/10/27/students-tackle-climate-change-with-art/