Ebb, painted in mid 70s.  Terri at 16.
Both pieces are about the way photography influences painting. Ebb is my grandfather, Terri, my daughter. Her portrait illustrates the darkroom technique of solarizing a print by exposing it to a brief light while processing. The painting was done with an airbrush. Each head measures about 36 inches.

White Horse from Derby Entertaining (McClanahan)


Girl with Blue Bike, a painting of a model from the Instituto Allende.

The self portrait is posted as kind of a joke to honor our 50th high school reunion. The abstract (a favorite) is from the 90s. It stems  from an earlier representational painting of a late afternoon street scene in Mexico.

Illustration and page layout from Kentuckys Boone by Melissa Burton. Second illustration is for Grimy, Grubby, Gardening by Karen Angelucci.
Both books published by McClanahan.  www.kybooks.com    1-800-544-6959

Two similar covers done about 15 years apart. In both cases the subjects had to be created from scratch. For example, the services had no such insignia for broadcasters, so I had to create one.   This kind of thing has been a lot of fun — I've been very fortunate to find opportunities to do what I love to do.

Below: Two paintings from '71, 12th Station and Ravine

My grand daughter who modeled for the book illustration Betsy Ross sewing.

All images are under my copyright. Book published in association with

McClanahan Publishing House illustrated and designed by me. The newspaper

series that preceded this book won an international grand prize in Europe.

Below are two portraits of my grandchildren I did about seven years ago.

Both are at a university now.

Painting hangs in our family room measures 4 by 6 feet. It is an ongoing piece for over 30 years, a place to experiment and try ideas. (bookcover) Congratulations Florida Book Award Bronze Medal Winner: Todd T. Turrell, Naples Waterfront – Changes in Time. Happy to have been a part of this project, published in association with McClanahan Publishing.

A full color book by McClanahan, Splash of Bourbon, Kentucky’s Spirit, features many shots I took along the famous Bourbon Trail in Kentucky and food shots by the author. The cover design is over a textured watercolor background. For information go to www.kybooks.com or call 1-800-544-6959. All images are copyrighted.

Chalice, a 2010 painting. 

Cover illustration forSeasoned in the South (McClanahan). This book was featured on QVC the shopping network.

Below is the book cover illustration/design for A Distant Light, (McClanahan) by Justice Bill Cunningham. This story involves a murder and subsequent trial in Murray, Kentucky and shines a light on racial injustice in the early 1900s in Kentucky. Of art interest - the challenge here was incorporating the two portraits from different eras of the two governors. The train and the weapon are both from that period. Also of lesser interest, I personally modeled as both the victim and the shooter. Next is a watercolor illustration depicting the late Dr. Thomas D. Clark for the cover of a book, Kentucky’s Clark, (McClanahan) by Bill Cunningham chronicling an extended conversation with the popular Kentucky historian. Dr. Clark graciously invited my wife Carol and I into their Lexington home to photograph him for this painting. Bill Cunningham is now Justice Cunningham, a Kentucky Supreme Court Justice. I did the portrait in 1986.

One of my foodshots and the cover design for Derby Entertaining (McClanahan) published in 08.

Find it at bookstores or at www.kybooks.com.