A Few More Paintings from our Flyfishing trip

5x7 Acrylic              (SOLD)

A flyfishing scene from one of the streams we fished in north central Pa. this year.

5x7 acrylic              (SOLD)

These small trees were right next to where we set up our tent when we used to camp at the state park, it was like seeing an old friend each year we went up. You could always count on some color from them. Now they are taller than us. Each year when we arrive at the state park after a four hour drive we stop off at  the campsite we always used, good old number 7.

Fishing at Sunrise, Promised Land Lake 11 x14 oil on canvas

We were first introduced to this lake and State Park back in 1970 when my dad and uncle took us camping for the first time. What an adventure that was just being outdoors for the whole weekend, fishing out on the lake and sitting around the campfire at night.

Its a beautiful State Park loaded with wildlife, trails for hiking, and a great lake for fishing and canoeing.
Even though its three hours away the great feeling you get being there keeps us coming back as many times as we can each year.

Moonlit Night

Moonlit Night
Watercolor
Not for Sale

In the years when we used to camp in the tent, the nights were so quiet. You would be laying there waiting for sleep to take over and every once in a while you would hear an owl calling. And in the distance you would here the faint reply from another owl. That would go on back and forth and before you knew it you were asleep.
This painting is the result of all the memories from those quiet moonlit nights.

Autumn the Season of Change

I think October is my favorite month. Not only for the explosion of color from the trees, but the fishing is in high gear in the trout streams this time of year. The trout 's mating colors start matching the color of the leaves. My brother Tom and I have been taking a trip up to northcentral Pa. every October since the early 80's. We fish streams like Slate Run, Young Womans Creek, Cedar Run, Spring Creek, Kettle Creek and the list goes on. All those years except for the last three we camped in a tent, cooked our meals over a fire, sat and talked around the campfire all night. Alot of those years it rained at least two or three days out of the week. Now we rent a modern cabin, eat indoors ,sleep on beds, stay dry. We are older now.