
Neat Stuff I Learned Painting Brass Era Cars
Oh, the Brass Era cars! Not only were they mechanical wonders, but they looked like a million bucks! For the roughly 20 year period from 1896-1915, these horseless carriages turned heads and caught the sunlight…

Retro Clock Painting
Anyone here remember winding a clock? The kind where a snooze button is an actual button—not a spot on a screen. You can feel the hard edges, hear the grind and click. These mechanical details aren’t so common these days, but I remember them. And these bits of nostalgia came rushing in with…

First 'Dickens On Centre' Festival at Amelia Island
It's a glorious day indeed when I can celebrate two of my favorite things—Charles Dickens and Christmas. So lets raise a glass of grog to Amelia Island forputting on it's first ever 'Dickens On Centre' festival. Victorian splendor...

Christmastime In Savannah
Savannah knows something. This is the feeling I carried home with me after my first trip to Georgia's famed historic city. It's hard to explain it's richness, you have to walk it's streets to know. I hope you can someday! This place is steeped...

Echo of San Marco
Here in Jacksonville Florida, we have some amazing little historic areas, and with the Fall weather rolling in, I've had a yearning to explore. So for the meantime, I'm laying the paintbrush down in exchange for a little discovery...