The series of watercolors I am working on at present are direct influences of my sculptures created in wood, which are   non-objective abstract forms representing, continuous mass in the freedom of line and movement throughout organic shapes. 

     I've enjoyed working with watercolor painting since my middle teens when I studied nights at special art class' for a short period. I was drawn to it maybe for various reasons, The papers, it translucent colors, its fast pace, and a quick sense of  urgency, which I still find exciting to this day. It is a medium that demands we learn a good amount of control, and sure of what we're searching for, and then will we see as it tends to come together on its own. Watercolors lend's itself to continuity and that wonderful sense of freedom and gesture. 
     Below are a few of my sculptures and paintings. I am by no means a classic watercolorist, but rather enjoy it for my own needs of effects, resulting exactly in what I wanted to achieve.  
       As I'm working, I feel a sense of energy as I set a feel of control for my backgrounds and the openness of an organic freedom of movement in the foreground, leaving elements of   magical surprise that I discover with each painting and sculpture.   

Tree Of Life. Olive Wood, Jade, and Bronze.  1985-2012 . This work was 27 years in the making. As I've mentioned earlier, if I run into a problem with a sculpture or painting, drawing,  whatever. I do not tend to become overly concerned about it. I simply move on to another project.  reason for this long a period is due only to the fact that I could never decide on how the presentation should be. As in most instances, I happened upon it by accident. It is finished with 1,000 grit sandpaper, five coats of fine wood oil, and polished with three coats of Renaissance wax.

This small pen and ink watercolor dates around 2008 as a 

drawing and finished in watercolors in 2014. It is framed 

in a gold antique style under and dark heavy raw silk matting. 

This work I did early on in this series. Date around mid-2013 

Burrel wood, frame and heavy raw silk mat. 

Here are Tryptich l, ll and lll along with Diptych l as my first attempts in this series using one of my  favorite handmade, rough watercolor paper. I was so pleased with the results, I purchased as much of the paper as I could stock up with. I can not wait to continued these concepts with this series.

                                          

'Under A Japanese Sun'  Watercolor on drawing the paper.  Art Work Size 18 X 24 inches.