"An Italian in Paris" import_2022_07_07_121137 and my wife walking our

and my wife walking our Schnauzer Zora in the lower right hand corner all work to create a typical Paris morning

"Plaza Clock Tower” I’ve always wanted to create a series of painting celebrating the architecture of Kansas City’s Country Club Plaza shopping district

and he commissioned me to paint it

There have been a number of changes since my earlier painting of Arthur Bryant’s Barbecue in 1989 when its founder was still living

and I photographed it on my way home from Barrett-Jackson

"An Italian in Paris" import_2022_07_07_121137 and my wife walking ourAn Italian in Paris features a Ferrari 250GT California Spyder parked across the street from a sidewalk cafe in Paris, Au Rendez Vous Des Artistes. I photographed the cafe in Paris in 2008 because of its name and the amount of detail in the storefront. It was actually across the street from the famous Moulin Rouge as well as the building in my first Paris work, Breakfast in Paris. I took hundreds of photos of similar cafes that Id like to paint, so if