An ongoing
SKETCHBOOK
"Drawing is the artist's most direct and spontaneous expression, a species of writing: it reveals, better than does painting, his true personality."
Edgar Degas
Sketchbook
![St. Giorgio's Church - Milis, Sardegna
[Copic Marker]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e57899ce2dc52648c2f7bb9/1754055198574-GQ9A1M5J6D56APU5T9Q1/PXL_20250510_164241325.jpg)
St. Giorgio's Church - Milis, Sardegna [Copic Marker]
![Blooming Magnolia - Fort Meade, MD, USA [Copic Marker]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e57899ce2dc52648c2f7bb9/1744870334347-PMU0H46ZPXDC5DMQ6CX6/PXL_20250330_144825233%257E2.jpg)
Blooming Magnolia - Fort Meade, MD, USA [Copic Marker]
![Interesting Tree - Fort Meade, Maryland, USA [Copic Marker]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e57899ce2dc52648c2f7bb9/f36d89a9-4c6d-4c50-9dc0-e94354374b1b/PXL_20250327_214226184%7E2.jpg)
Interesting Tree - Fort Meade, Maryland, USA [Copic Marker]
![Flower / Glass study [pastel]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e57899ce2dc52648c2f7bb9/3218b4ea-d71a-44ee-a326-3b2912980ab9/PXL_20240815_180451014.jpg)
Flower / Glass study [pastel]
![Flower / Light study [charcoal]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e57899ce2dc52648c2f7bb9/bae95e2c-6975-4bc7-bbc4-ecedb57effe4/PXL_20241002_144214605.jpg)
Flower / Light study [charcoal]
![Cloud study [pen]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e57899ce2dc52648c2f7bb9/541d2112-aa8a-4e27-b8b9-4887da2a8c75/PXL_20230301_203157436.jpg)
Cloud study [pen]
![Cloud study [pen]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e57899ce2dc52648c2f7bb9/9d580bbc-266f-4f2a-a677-24a6cba6d13f/PXL_20230301_203218583%7E2.jpg)
Cloud study [pen]
Sketch Paintings
From my sketchbook in Ireland
September 2022 Trees Lining the studio gardens in Galway, Ireland. Cloudy.
September 2022 Another tree near the studios in Galway, Ireland. Cloudy.
September 2022 St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church - viewed from inside the gated entrance on Lombard Street, Galway, Ireland. Completed in 1320, it is the largest medieval parish church in Ireland.
September 2022 The Spanish Arch with the Eglington Canal sea lock in the background. Galway, Ireland. Midday.
September 2022 A lazy sketch of the unique and beautiful St. Augustine's Catholic Parish. Galway, Ireland.
October 2022 A fittingly spooky Galway Cathedral at night. Dedicated in 1965, it is the youngest of Europe's great stone cathedrals.
October 2022 The Neo-Gothic Cathedral at Kylemore Abbey. It is actually considered a mini cathedral, built as a memorial to the wife of the original estate owner.
October 2022 An interesting Oak growing on the bank of Pollacapall Lough (lake), on the grounds at Kylemore Abbey, Ireland.
October 2022 St. Joseph's Church in Clifden, viewed from the Christ Church across town. Connemara, Ireland.
September 2022 A view of the Nimmo's Pier area from across the Rover Corrib, near the Galway Docks. Midday. Three people sitting on the lawn having a conversation in the life-giving sun.