While Mary is getting some more watercolor images ready, I’ll put up a few of our birdhouses for your perusal. These are some of my first woodworking efforts and more important some of Mary’s painting on the birdhouses. My first ones are made of white cedar. These birdhouses will last a very long time.

Am taking a deep breath and putting a few of my first watercolors online today. This puppy portrait was my first attempt at painting a watercolor “to order” from a photograph. Son, Tony and his sweet wife Sara requested this about two years ago, and now that I am retired, (no more excuses), I found the time, (and courage) to begin it.
I am placing this on the blog with gratitude for the encouragement from my kids, and that sweet supportive woodworker-artist whom I married and with whom I share this blog, and thanks as well to the folks at Two Red Chairs Gallery in Wonona Lake, IN, particularly expert watercolorist and extremely capable teacher, Steve Johnson.