When I look at this print of a Seine Cruise boat passing by Notre Dame Cathedral, I feel like there’s a small hole in my Parisian experience. I walked the length of the Seine from just past Notre Dame de Paris to a bit past the Eiffel Tower over and over during my stay in…
There’s simply something very Parisian to me about this print of a winter afternoon relaxing on the Pont des Arts over the river Seine in Paris. I think in some small part it may be because it mirrored my own Parisian experience in some way. I had spent a long day wandering in Paris. The…
Normally when I arrive in a new city, I try to get there as early in the day as possible, but when I left Ireland bound for Paris, that was not to be. Thick fog in Dublin delayed flights and it was winter when the daylight hours are short to start with. By the time…
When I look back on my art prints from my travels in Britain, this English Gothic church in Glastonbury stands out to me as the epitome of those churches. It seems like most any English village you wander through has a church somewhat along these lines with a large Gothic bell tower reaching into the…
Can you imagine London without the dome of Saint Paul’s Cathedral rising over the skyline of the old city? Believe it or not, after the fire of 1666, Sir Christopher Wren’s plans for a dome over the new Saint Paul’s was an issue of some debate. In fact, for part of the construction, the dome…
There was something truly haunting and beautiful about a cold winter day wandering the golden landscape of Culloden Moor. It was on the golden fields in this print that the last Jacobite rebellion came to a close in 1746. I wonder if I would have felt the echoes of that long ago battle had I…
The Aran Islands were one of those special almost indescribable places you stumble across from time to time. When the winds were howling and the rain was whipping across the island, you wondered why anyone would ever live in such a place. Then the sun came out and the island was suddenly… well, you just…
There’s nothing quite like an authentic Irish Pub, and well, they don’t come much more authentic than the ones actually in Ireland! This one certainly has a classic look rising up off Eyre Street in the heart of Galway. I’ve said it over and over that I left a little part of myself behind in…
While I was wandering the Dublin streets, I loved capturing street scenes. I loved the feeling of people in motion and the rhythm of life there. I think I spent time capturing these Dublin street scenes because I was in Ireland long enough to take in the highlight. I’d seen the landmarks and the places…
One of my most vivid memories of my winter visit to Ireland was oddly enough the place on the Irish coast where I encountered these beautiful beach sands. In the winter, you wouldn’t imagine a beach anywhere in Northern Europe being a highlight. Yet when we stopped, the first thing I saw outside the bus…
During my short stay on Inis Mór., I managed to visit two of the iron age “forts” that dot the Irish island, The second, Dun Aengus (or Dún Aonghasa) is seen in this panorama print. This ancient structure forms a half circle against the sheer drop of a cliff. Unfortunately, there’s no written record to…
Ireland was a country full of highlights. I don’t think I could have chosen a better starting point for my travels after starting my life as a full-time artist. In my mind, I still have a hard time picking favorite places or images from my time in Ireland. Each scene and each place had a…
On a particularly cold winter morning in Dublin, we had just left a warm bus to see the towering Papal Cross in Phoenix Park. You can tell from the frost covered grass just how cold it was, but the skies over the cross were so spectacular that I was more than happy to walk through…
Ireland was one amazing experience after another. There are so many places I’d love to see again some day. It’s hard to even prioritize them in my mind, but there’s no question that Killary Fjord would be high on that list. The amazing landscape seen in this panorama print is that beautiful natural harbor in…
Before I even reached the Aran Islands, there was something about them that called to me. I had read about life on the islands and how isolated life on the Aran Islands had once been. Late into the 20th century, life on the islands was still catching up to the outside world. It’s a place…
Winter spring or summer, all my experiences with the weather in Northern Europe is that you never know what will come next! An example is the day that I took this Dublin panorama print. The day had started out simply dreadful. It was winter in Ireland, so this wasn’t a massive surprise! I thought about…
I read that most of the Gargoyles on our modern day Notre Dame, although historically accurate, are not original. Most of the gargoyles had been lost to the ravages of time and changing tastes. I don’t know whether this bored gargoyle is an original medieval design or part of the 19th century renovations, but his…
It’s hardly a secret that I am drawn to cemeteries on my travels. The older and more beautiful the better. I particularly love cemeteries from the 19th century when they were built as park-like settings. Père-Lachaise in Paris definitely falls into that category. The amount of art like this Art Nouveau Paris Angel that one…
On one of my last days there, I scoured the streets of Paris surrounding the landmark Eiffel Tower. I had a vision in my mind of an image with it rising above the streets of Paris. I never quite found that vantage point. I have a distinct feeling the image in my minds eye would…
If you’ve ever walked up the huge hill in Montmartre to visit Sacré Coeur, then this print may well remind you of the sight that greeted you at the top of the highest hill in Paris. Even though I stayed in Montmartre while I was in Paris, it was a few days before I built…
Five nights in Paris was just a drop of water in the ocean of time needed to explore this grand city. In fact, it was on my last night there that I finally stumbled over the Palais Garnier in person. I had seen its beautiful room from my walks along the Seine but it was…
I’ve said it many times, but without a doubt Paris was one of the most picturesque places I’ve been. There’s just an unusual harmony to Paris architecture. Even though it spans the ages, it all seems to fit together just right. One can certainly tell that there’s been thought to the aesthetics in the old…
I feel like this Chattahoochee River print is an excellent reminder that enjoying the great outdoors don’t always mean getting in a car and driving into the country (although it’s an acceptable excuse). This picture was actually taken along the Chattahoochee River in Roswell, Georgia. At the time I lived nearby and I spent quite…
There are some places in the world that are just special. It’s hard to put a finger on why, but as you stand there, you just know it. For me, the iron age ruins on Inis Mór fit perfectly in that camp. What wasn’t to love? A gorgeous windswept landscape and amazing ancient ruins? For…
When I lived in North Georgia, I often made weekend trips into the mountains, particularly in Autumn. In my opinion, it was when the fall color was on the trees that the landscapes of North Georgia were their most beautiful and memorable. There was just something classically beautiful about trees and grasses dripping in golden…
While this fishing boat print may look like some far away rural location, this is actually the Chattahoochee River in the midst of Atlanta’s metro area. The suburb of Roswell, Georgia, was one of my favorite haunts when I lived in the area. It had a beautiful mix of nature and community. It felt as…
Although it seems like yesterday, some years ago I was a college student who visited Arabia Mountain in Dekalb County on a geology field trip. Some years passed before I discovered that I was living not that far away from that memorable granite outcrop. It had seemed so rural when I had last been that…
When I lived in Alpharetta, Georgia, one of my favorite walks concluded at the old Roswell Mill Dam on Vickery Creek. It was hard for me to believe that such a beautiful little oasis existed in Atlanta’s metro area. Walking along the trails leading to Roswell Mill Dam it was easy to forget the freeways…
Somewhere in the endless sea of trivia in my brain there’s a notation that Chicago is considered by some to be the birthplace of the modern skyscraper. Apparently the soil along the Chicago Waterfront of Lake Michigan is particularly good for building tall buildings and they have grown like wildflowers there every since. Of course…
There’s something magical about lighthouses, and if you dropped by to see this Pensacola lighthouse artwork, then I suspect you have the same feeling? And for me personally, there’s something special about the Florida coast. My family was originally from south Alabama so even though I grew up in Georgia, there was many a summer…