Miscellaneous

Rose: Close Up

A Tropicana Rose, just inches away, reveals it's rich textures and colorful palette, it's shadows and highlights. The texture in this watercolor was achieved by placing small chunks of rock salt along the edges of the petals.

Soo Locks at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

Boats large and small slowly navigate their way through these locks, which lower or raise them 21 feet from the level of Lake Superior down to that of Lake Huron. Deep shadows signal the end of another busy day at the locks.

Manistique Shoreline

The snow has barely melted in this early springtime view of the shoreline of northern Lake Michigan at Manistique, on the Upper Peninsula. The still water is as smooth as a sheet of glass, and the plants have just begun their transformation from winter's brown to summer's green

Reflections

A study of trees and their reflections captured by the water around them...