For as long as I can remember, I have found pleasure in art and the need for expression in building or creating things.   This need eventually became a satisfying career and livelihood in Mechanical Engineering.  Engineering, as a highly tamed art form, partially calls on the imagination to transform ideas into lines and shapes and finally into functional forms.  However, the less structured realm would occasionally kick at the goads to remind me of a time long ago when lines and shapes met paper without the companionship of hard science.           

Having exited the life stage of parenting, and later my engineering career, it seemed time should allow for revival of efforts against creative art.   The desire to capture and transform images and scenes of interesting daily life into works of art on canvas and paper grew from a whisper to a persistent voice that simply refused to remain quiet.  The revival has been a satisfying outlet, and perhaps that is enough. 

Largely self-taught in oil painting and still learning / experimenting with the medium, visitors to this virtual / online gallery will find works of this continuing journey.  My hope is that you will discover your own connections to the subject matters that initially attracted and drew me in.   Most of all, my very simple desire is that you enjoy my works of art!    

Thank you for visiting, and please check back for new postings of artwork!

Rick