Miscellaneous Archive

Columbia coasters of 4
Four coasters of Columbia landmarks.

Sea Spray
I love the ocean, Atlantic, and Pacific, and painted this watercolor.

Red Flowers
SOLD! The original painting was sold to Diane and Larry Fry for $250.00. PRINTS - The approximate print image size is 14" x 10-1/4". ARTIST'S PROOF PRINTS are $25.00 each - low inventory, near retirement!! SIGNED AND NUMBERED PRINTS are $20.00 each. OPEN EDITION PRINTS (unsigned/unnumbered) are $10.00-$15.00 each. This is one of my looser watercolors.

Light Up A Life
SOLD! The original painting was donated to Hospice by the artist. The approximate print image size is 8-7/8" x 13-1/8". ARTIST'S PROOF PRINTS are $25.00 each - Low inventory, near retirement!! SIGNED AND NUMBERED PRINTS are $20.00 each. OPEN EDITION PRINTS (unsigned/unnumbered) are $10.00-$15.00 This painting was created as a fundraiser for Hospice of Lancaster County.

Park City Center
SOLD! The original painting was sold to Park City Center for $2,500.00. They used it in their advertising. Park City Center, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is the 3rd largest mall in the state. They commissioned me to paint a watercolor of their canopy for advertising purposes. At the mall, I had kiosks and in-line art galleries/ picture framing stores in Sears, Boscov's, Bon-Ton, and East and South wings. From 1983 to 2017, I had kiosks and art galleries at Park City Center, Chelsea's Square, downtown Lancaster, Columbia, and Elizabethtown, all in Lancaster County, York Galleria Mall in York County, and Colonial Park Mall in Dauphin County.

Boot’s
I painted this watercolor when I lived in Bethlehem, and attending Kutztown University.

Susquehanna River

Amish Farm
SOLD! The original painting was sold for $350.00. PRINTS:. There are open-edition prints ($10.00-$20.00) to purchase.I photographed this scene and painted it. I liked the dramatic sky.

Wooden Building
I saw this building in West Virginia and I painted it.

Winter Wonderland
I like snow and painted this scene.

Pink Flowers
I painted this watercolor because I like flowers and sometimes a fluid and flowing look to a painting. This is one of mine.

Orange Flowers
This painting is one of my more spontaneous watercolors.

Marietta Mill
SOLD! The original painting was sold to Foster's Heating & Plumbing, Reading, PA for $1,800.00. There are open-edition prints ($10.00-$20.00) to purchase. This mill is in Marietta, Pennsylvania. It is at the bottom of Chiques Hill and close to route 441.

Hoffer Park
Hoffer Park is a 10-plus acre facility located along the Swatara Creek containing an enclosed pavilion, two shelters, Kids Castle, various pieces of playground equipment, lighted basketball courts, lighted tennis courts, lighted sand volleyball court, skateboarding and rollerblading area, picnic tables, charcoal grilles and green space. I did a few art shows in this park.

Lancaster Sertoma Club ‘Chicken Barbecue’
SOLD! The original painting was sold to Waterford Properties, LLC for $200.00. PRINTS: The approximate print size is 10-1/4" x 15-7/8". PRINTS - ARTIST'S PROOF PRINTS are $25.00 each. SIGNED AND NUMBERED PRINTS are $15.00 each. OPEN EDITION PRINTS (unsigned/unnumbered are $10.00 each. This is the world's largest chicken barbecue and takes place in Long's Park in Lancaster, PA. Being a member of the Sertoma Club of Lancaster, I have fond memories of working at the BBQ.

Christmas on Market Square ‘Manheim, PA’
SOLD! The original painting was sold to Loretta and Kirk Radanovic for $1,500.00. PRINTS: The approximate print image size is 10" x 16-1/8". Artist's Proof Prints are $25.00 each - Inventory Is Very Low, near retirement. Signed and Numbered Prints are $20.00 each - Low Inventory. Open Edition Prints (unsigned/unnumbed) are $15.00 each. 'Christmas on Market Square' porcelain Christmas ornaments are available. I painted this as a fundraiser for B.R.A.K.E.S. The Manheim Lions Club, along with Dr. Clayton Stitzel and I, sold the prints. I took the photo in the mid1970s when I moved into Lancaster County. Manheim's square is beautiful at Christmas. I remember counting the colored bulbs.

Field and Stream
SOLD! The original painting was sold to Mr. James P. Musselman, Allentown High School Art Teacher, for $625.00.

Music Man
SOLD! The original painting was sold through Hess Auction for $700.00. Hess Auction is one of the better auction houses in Lancaster County. I painted this when I was a student studying art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, PA.

God’s Beams
I was hiking and saw the sun shining through the trees. I liked it, so I painted it.

Snowy Road ‘Allentown, PA’
SOLD! The original painting was sold to Louis E. Dieruff High School in 1968 for $675.00. I painted it again and a Columbia businessman, Joe Murphy Jr., Columbia Tire, Columbia PA purchased it for his art collection.

Dandelion Field
SOLD! - The original watercolor painting was sold to Kim Mable Dolly for $250.00!! PRINTS - The print image size is 17-1/2" x 12". ARTIST'S PROOF PRINTS are $25.00 each. SIGNED AND NUMBERED PRINTS are $20.00 each. OPEN EDITION PRINTS (unsigned/unnumbered) are $10.00-$15.00 each. I saw this field of dandelions on Plaza Boulevard across the road from Park City Center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Behind it is a covered bridge which I painted and sold to Covered Bridge Apartments.

Portland Head Lighthouse
SOLD! - The original painting was sold to a Millersville University of Pennsylvania Professor for $450.00. PRINT: OPEN EDITION PRINTS (unsigned/unnumbered) are $10.00 - $15.00 each.The Portland Head Lighthouse, located at Cape Elizabeth in Portland, is Maine’s oldest lighthouse. The lightkeeper’s former house is now the home of an award-winning museum with numerous fascinating displays and lighthouse lenses. In the 1980s, when I was touring New England, I saw this lighthouse.

Elm Tree Dairy ‘Home’, Mount Joy, PA.
SOLD! The original painting was sold to a local attorney for $275.00.

‘Concord Street’ Home
SOLD! The original painting was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dommell, Founder of Your Place Restaurant, for $13,500.00. PRINTS: Open edition prints ($10.00) are available to purchase. Bob and Julie restored this warehouse on Concord Street in downtown Lancaster. Bob owned the Your Place Restaurants and passed away a few years ago. Every brick is painted with 100% accuracy. I painted many of his and Julie's dogs and one of Bob standing with a racehorse he owned.

Great-Grandmother Miller
I loved this woman, Amy Miller, my mom's grandmother, so I painted her.

Lancaster County Public Safety Training Center ‘poster’
The Lancaster County Public Safety Training Center (LCPSTC) opened in 2004 to primarily serve the fire, law enforcement, and Emergency Medical Service (EMS) first responders. I presented a framed poster to the Lancaster County Commissioners in 2004.

Big Eyes
SOLD! The original painting has been sold to an art collector for $750.00. When the purchaser picked up this painting at my Columbia Art Gallery,, she broke down and cried. She told me of the little boy she met who had eyes like this boy.

Tugboat
I saw this tug boat when I was in Florida. John Titus, a friend, posed as the painter.

M & M Mars, Inc.
SOLD! The original painting was sold to M & M Mars, Inc. for $8,000.00. PRINTS: The approximate print image size is 8-3/8" x 15". SIGNED AND NUMBERED PRINTS are $20.00 each.

Flag of Freedom
I saw this barn near Saxonburg, PA during an art and craft show. It was right after 9/11 that I saw this barn.

The ‘Clown’
SOLD! The original painting was sold to a collector for $3,500.00. PRINTS: The print image size is 10" x 11". ARTIST'S PROOF PRINTS are $25.00 each - Very Low Inventory! SIGNED AND NUMBERED PRINTS are $20.00 each - Low Inventory. OPEN EDITION PRINTS (unsigned/unnumbered) are $10.00-$15.00 each. I like clowns and painted this oil painting. They were sold at Hess Auction, one of Lancaster's best auction houses, for an undetermined amount.

Pot of Flowers
SOLD! The original painting was sold to Al Spicer, owner of POS S.O.S., located in Elizabethtown, PA for $450.00. The print image size is 8-1/8" x 11-3/4". Artist's Proof Prints are $30.00 each - Very Low Inventory, almost retired! Signed and Numbered Prints are $20.00 each. Open Edition Prints (unsigned/unnumbered) are $10.00-$15.00 each. I was selling magazines during my college days and came upon this pot of flowers. I painted it.

Sunday Afternoon
I painted this watercolor from a photograph taken in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The Amish can be seen walking, working, and traveling in their buggies especially in the eastern part of Lancaster.

Star Flowers
.On one of my photo hikes, I saw this patch of flowers, liked it, and painted it in a very loose style.

Snowy Road

Seashore and Boat
I painted this as a senior at Kutztown University. Mr. Quirk, professor of painting, helped me in learning painting techniques.

Poconos
The Poconos are so beautiful in the autumn.

Serenity
I saw this building in Washington Boro, Pennsylvania. I liked it including the cat in the window.

Yellow Dawn
I saw this Lancaster County scene, liked it, and painted it with watercolors.

Mom’s Mums
My mom loved flowers. She had this arrangement on her dining room table. I used pastels and painted them. She critiqued many of my dad's paintings as well as mine. She told it like it was. Long story short - I made it into Kutztown University because of her grit and tenacity. My mom passed away in 2013. RIP Mom.

Mount Joy Town Clock
SOLD! The original painting was sold to Mr. Randy Wolgenmuth, Koser's Jewelers, Mount Joy, PA, and President of the Mount Joy Rotary Club for $750.00 The approximate print image size is 13-3/4" x 10-1/4". Artist's Proof Prints are $30.00 each. - Very low inventory! Signed and Numbered Prints are $20.00 each Open Edition Prints (unsigned/unnumbered) are $10.00-$15.00 each. On February 18th, 1926, the Mount Joy Rotary Club was formed and Eugene Warden was named the first president of the club. Since then, the club has prided itself on never having a member renamed as president, electing new leadership every year. The Mount Joy Rotary Club donated this clock to the borough in 2001. I painted it as a fundraiser in 2003.

Birches
I like birch trees and this is one of my favorite paintings.