I can’t remember when the rivers weren’t a consuming interest of mine. As a young boy, my father would take me with him as he would make truck deliveries to the wharf in Pittsburgh. I remember the enormous wakes generated by the sternwheelers and the blanketing smoke from the stacks of commercial towboats racing across a finish line marked by the Smithfield Street Bridge. I have images of the Homer Smith related to me in stories by my grandmother and mother. These experiences built a store of images that I have attempted to recreate in my work. These paintings scope historic craft to modern diesel tows. The attempt is to capture the feeling of a particular scene rather than a historical illustration. I have had the good fortune to spend time on commercial tows on the Ohio, Monongahela, and Allegheny, picking up barges and locking through dams. To this day, I can’t cross a bridge or drive along any inland waterway without scanning for boat traffic and, if possible, stop to record photographs. I intend to continue to paint the rivers and the transportation system built on them.
Working Boats and Waterways
Locking Up
Watercolor on paper
16 x 12 in
$650
Anna S.
Watercolor On Paper
16 x 20 in (framed)
$600
First Move
watercolor on paper
14 x 19 in
$800
The Wes McDonald
watercolor on paper
15 x 22 in
$800
Spotlight
watercolor on paper
15 x 22 in
$800
4am Mon
watercolor on paper
15 x 22 in
The Wash
watercolor on paper
11 x 14 in
Margaret at Pittsburgh
watercolor on paper
Queen of the Mon
watercolor on paper
11 x 15 in
$600
Cold River
watercolor on paper
9 x 12 in
$400
Morning in St. Mary's
watercolor on paper
14 x 20 in
$800
Last Run
Watercolor On Paper
$800
Natchez
watercolor on paper
11 x 16 in
Working Margaret
watercolor on paper
22 x 28 in (framed)
$800
A Mississippi Sawyer
watercolor on paper
13 x 19 in
$800
At The Landing
Watercolor on Paper
"Day Off"
Watercolor on Paper
12 x 9 in
"Following Sea"
Painting
12 x 16 in
$650
Julia Belle Swain
watercolor on paper
Lowcountry Shrimpers
Watercolor on paper
12 x 16 in
$650
Steaming Up
Watercolor
19 x 23 in (framed)
Banks of the Ohio
watercolor on paper
19 x 15 in
$800
Lowcountry
Watercolor on Paper
15 x 19.5 in
$800
Stern View
Watercolor on Paper
13 x 20 in
$800
The Excursion
watercolor on paper
11 x 15 in
$600
The Steamboat Race
watercolor on paper
15 x 20 in
$800
Landed
watercolor on paper
10 x 13 in
$500
Okeechobee II
Watercolor on paper
12 x 9 in
$350
Welland Canal
watercolor on paper
18 x 14 in
$800
Dravosburg
original watercolor
5 x 8.5 in
$300
Okeechobee
Watercolor on paper
12 x 9 in
"Work Party"
watercolor on paper
20 x 16 in
$800