My Paintings

My first oils when I was young. I have more fun when I paint scenery and I don't have to copy any thing but can use my imagination. I will add some more of my older paintings in a couple of days. Notice how the focus of interest in both paintings follow the diagnal line from one corner to the opposite.

This painting is a copy of a slide picture of me baptizing a young man in a Hickory NC river. My wife and some other church members are standing on the bank singing, "Shall We Gather at The River?"

When I stepped back with my right foot to baptise Ernie I suddenly realized the current had washed away the sand and I stepped into a deep trench. My left foot was still touching ground otherwise I would have gone under also. I managed to kick fast and hard with my right leg and was able to push Ernie back up. It turned out OK and some of the folk didn't even notice the problem. <{:-)

North Carolina has a variety of beautiful scenery. It is too bad the man who took this photo didn't appreciate it enough to be grateful and happy. He committed suicide less than a year later. It was a terrible surprise to all of us. But we carry on!