Watercolors & Coffee

I started out painting with oils after a friend left a box of various art materials on my front porch in Bloomington, Indiana. Eventually I tried watercolors and found it to be very challenging and a more enjoyable medium to work with.

At some point I decided to try painting with coffee. It has a limited range and requires a lot of over-painting to obtain truly dark areas. After several experiments with various grounds and brewing styles I concluded the best solution was using instant coffee as the base, mixing in leftover coffee and plain water.

• Sunglasses 1

  8 x 8

• Sunglasses 2

  8 x 8

• Sunglasses 3

  8 x 8

• Rain In Alaska

  14 x 11

• Regal Gatsby

  9 x 12

• Portrait Of Gatsby

  11 x 14

• Polar Bear & Walrus

  5x14 (each)

• Feathers

  11 x 14

• Michigan Central Station

  20 x 16

• The Frog

  10 x 8

• Toro

  8 x 12

• Three Lake Trout

  12 x 9

• Shadows

  10 x 10

• Girl With Flowers

  14 x 11

• Light Through the Trees

  11 x 14

• Cyclamen

  8 x 10

• Susan on the Sofa

  14 x 11

• Lakefront

  23 x 9

• Carrots

  14 x 11

• Lakeshore

  14 x 10

• Oak Leaves

  11 x 11

• Girl with Braid

  8 x 11

• Driftwood Phoenix

  14 x 11

• Unused Balconies

  11 x 14

• The Trout Leaps for the Dragonfly

  12 x 16

• Suzy Michigan

  14 x 11

• Crow

  14 x 11

• Canoe

  18 x 11

• Natura

  7 x 11

• Mujer

  8 x 10

• Sunset in Chicago

  14 x 11

• Les Lèves

  14 x 11

• Boulangerie

  14 x 11

• Alps 1

  14 x 11

• Alps 2

  14 x 11

• Alps 3

  14 x 11

• Union Pier Sunset

  14 x 11

• Stairway

  11 x 14

• Fletcher

  14 x 11

• JJ and Joy at Kasey's

  14 x 11

• Kate

  14 x 11

• Gull

  14 x 11

• Coconut and Citrus

  11 x 11

• Stone Crab Claws

  11 x 7

• Stone Crabs in Panama City

  11 x 14

• Social Distortion at the Vic

  14 x 11

• South Point

  11 x 14

• Redwoods

  14 x 11

• Ojeda

  11 x 11

• Cigar Smoke

  14 x 11

• Stefan at Upstairs Pub

  14 x 11

• At the Bar

  11 x 14

• Toad

  10 x 10

• Blender

  11 x 15

• Monarchs on Chives

  14 x 11

• Big Manistee River in February

  14 x 11

• Lands End, San Francisco

  16 x 10

• Roadside Stand On The Way To Coba

  14 x 9

• In the Pool

  14 x 10

• Dream of Point Lobos

  9 x 22

• Dead Nuthatch

  14 x 11

• Three Spires

  17.5 x 12

• House in Kohala

  9 x 12

• Mothers Day, Xochimilco

  8 x 18

• Girl at the Sushi Bar

  8 x 10

• Ripples - Evening Cruise

  8 x 14

• Chickens

  11 x 14

• Moose Skull in the Garage

  14 x 11

• The Church at Taos Pueblo

  10 x 8

• Kin playing Brubeck

  8.5 x 11

• Taos Pueblo

  14 x 8

• Taos Pueblo

  14 x 8

• Tent Rocks 1

  8 x 8

• Tent Rocks 2

  8 x 8

• Tent Rocks 3

  8 x 8

• Tent Rocks 4

  8 x 8

• Mynx

  9 x 12

• Falstaff

  10 x 8

• CIty of Refuge

  11 x 14

• The Bride in Mexico City

  11 x 14

• Garlic

  14 x 11

• Blue Crab

  8 x 8

• Diving Pelican

  8 x 8

• The Clock Tower

  8 x 18

• Squid and the Whale

  9 x 20

• Wine

  8 x 10

• Riesling Grapes, Crain Hill Road

  8 x 10

• Sailboat, West Bay

  10 x 8

• Big Manistee River

  10 x 8

• The French Press

  8 x 10

• Birds in Dunegrass

  11 x 8

• Dead Flower

  11 x 14

• The Socialite

  8 x 10

• Palacio Nacional, Ciudad de México

  14 x 11

• Pyramid of the Moon

  10 x 8

• Pyramid of the Sun

  10 x 8

• Girl's Profile

  8 x 10

• Sunning Cormorant

  10 x 8

• Puerco en Peguche

  8 x 10

• Puerco in Peguche

  8 x 10

• Skull

  8 x 10

• Coffee

  10 x 8

• Patch of Blue Sky

  20 x 8

• Evergreens Marching

  20 x 8

• Sleder's

  14 x 11

• Hummingbird Up North

  12 x 6

• Lee Ho Fook

  12 x 8

• Route 62, Southern Oregon

  14 x 6

• Mount Hood in August

  14 x 7

• Barista Coffee House

  8.5 x 11

• Hawthorne Bridge

  12 x 8

• Columbia River Gorge

  14 x 8

• Indian Beach, Oregon

  12 x 8

• Christa in the Red Scarf

  7 x 7

• Mike and Tiffany at Publican

  14 x 11

• Ann

  8 x 10

• Santi's - Charleston, SC

  14 x 8

• Asparagus and Morels

  12 x 9

• The Cabin at Dusk

  12 x 9

• Deer Jaw Bone, Birch and Acorn

  12 x 9

• Wakulla Springs State Park

  14 x 8

• Wading Birds, Anna Maria Island

  14 x 5.5

• Bluegill Filets

  9 x 12

• Grapevine at L. Mawby

  8 x 10

• Girl with the Pink Scarf

  11.25 x 7.75

• Moka

  8 x 10

• Sudden Death

  9 x 12

• Boots

  10 x 8

• Christa

  11 x 14

• Water Tower, Scotland, Indiana

  9 x 12

• Wes

  8.5 x 11

• Stel

  11 x 14

• House in Charleston, SC

  8.5 x 11

• Cows in Leelanau County

  14 x 11

• Statue in Grant Park

  11 x 14

• Gourds and the Copper Pitcher

  14 x 11

• Gibson Guitar

  11 x 14

• Bacchus

  14 x 11

• Mariah

  11 x 14

• Rainy Day in Paris

  14 x 11

• Cal's

  14 x 11

• Patio - Old State Hospital

  11 x 14

• Susan - West Bay

  11 x 14

• Adam

  14 x 11

• Petra

  14 x 11

• Watering the Garden

  14 x 11

• Rainy Day. Paris from Montemarte

  11 x 14

• Susan

  8.5 x 11

• Mangos and the Blue Vase

  11 x 14

• Fifty Five

  11 x 14

• Self Portrait

  8.5 x 11

• Window in Paris

  11 x 8.5

• Bar in Amsterdam

  8.5 x 11

• Stairs to Rooftop

  8 x 10

• Amsterdam

  11 x 8.5