Cafe de Flore, Paris
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Cafe de Flore, Paris

Cafe Flore, Paris. This is an 18x24in oil painting on canvas. I loved sitting at the cafe thinking about all the fabulous people that have sat at these tables. It can’t get more Parisian than this.

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Old Birch Trees on Tenth Avenue East
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Old Birch Trees on Tenth Avenue East

Unfortunately, Birch trees in the area are slowly going away as a “birch blight” makes it’s way from tree to tree. Many have already died, many more have dead branches and will soon be gone. This stretch of 10th Ave E. on Capitol Hill still has some beautiful old birches lining the sidewalk, and so far they have escaped the blight. Hopefully they will be spared for a long time to come because they add such an amazing atmosphere to the street.

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The Grazing Goat
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The Grazing Goat

The Grazing Goat 16x20in. Oil on panel. This is the cafe on the ground floor of the hotel Beth and I stayed at in central London. It was a really nice hotel a couple blocks from the Marble Arch, and an easy walk to all the main sights in central London

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Johnny Sunshine
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Johnny Sunshine

“Johnny Sunshine” 16 x 20 in. oil on panel. This is painted from an old black and white photo from the 1800s that I came across on the internet. Some people think he might have been a riverboat gambler on the Mississippi River. I just liked the photo, which was not in very good condition.

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Mona Louie
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Mona Louie

This is my dog Louie, an Italian Greyhound, and about the happiest, most playful and loving dog you’re ever going to meet. I had been wanting to paint his portrait for a while to put over the fireplace in the living room, and I finally got it done. Since he’s an Italian Greyhound, I wanted to paint him sort of like the Mona Lisa, with Tuscany as a backdrop. I painted this in oils on a canvas board, and I think it turned out pretty great.

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