Ever since I was a little boy in Illinois I have always been “LOOKING WEST”. Cowboys , Indians, Will Rogers, Mark Twain, surfers, California Yosemite, Yellowstone and now the California painters Richard Diebenkorn and Nathan Olivera are my sources of inspiration along with my wife and teacher the painter, Jacqueline Warren, who was born in San Diego.

Now here is a song that I wrote for Jackie’s birthday in November that explains all you need to know about my new paintings and the spirit and light of the West that is in them thanks to Jackie and the beaces and rivers and the light and the artists of California.

JACQUELINE

Jacqueline, my precious Jacqueline, the girl who taught me how to paint
Jacqueline, yes, Jackie is her name, the pretty girl who taught me how to paint
And make those colors dance around and play

And I am such a lucky man cuz she put a paintbrush in my hand
And showed me how to make those colors dance around on canvas
And she told me all about Matisse and Richard Diebenkorn
So all my painting have the light a California morning

And now I am a painted, a painter’s what I’m called
Cuz I can make those colors dance on canvases on walls
And I owe it all to Jacqueline, my California Girl
Who showed me how much fun it is to live in a crazy painter’s world

Jacqueline, my precious Jacqueline, the girl who taught me how to paint
Jacqueline, yes, Jackie is her name, the pretty girl who taught me how to paint
And make those colors dance around and play

This show is dedicated to Jackie and her patience and love.