Here a a few of my works on canvas; these are not available as prints nor over the Internet.

I use mainly acrylic and latex (which I like for providing flat, solid tones and the ease with which it can be poured or scattered onto the canvas). 

My most recent works are at the bottom of the page.

Check out the really bad photo of me (note eyes shut as if I had had more to drink that night than I actually had) with my work Fire and Rain, which won third place in the works on canvas category at the Art Center of Corpus Christi's All Members Show in April of 2008.  I had created the work only a week or so before entering it and it sold within two days of the exhibition opening.

The award took me completely by surprise and I felt very honored; especially because I had been painting on canvas less than a year and the competition judge was the Director of the Art Museum of South Texas.

Please note that the photo was taken by my girlfriend, Francene Kilgore Sanchez, who takes excellent photos and some of whose photos I have turned into digital artworks.  I , in my normally unkempt appearance, must take the blame for the hideous outcome of this photo.

Deconstructionist Sunset
24" x 48"
On exhibit at Third Coast Antiques
Acrylic and Latex Enamel on Canvas
Placed on this webpage on August 6, 2009

This is another experiment in color strategy using a combination of complementary colors and abstract shapes to simulate movement, in this case, of the sun's rays.  The main concept behind this work was to use lighter tones in the center with gradually increasing darker shades toward the edges so that the center of the painting would almost appear to glow.   The exceptionally strong lines leading to the vanishing point are to provide a dynamic shape/feel to the work and are intended to contrast against the much more sedate shades of violet in the horizontal.   Although the darker details of this work are not readily visible due to the less-than-average photo quality, I think the viewer will understand the general principles of this painting.

Comet
30" x 40"
Acrylic and latex enamel on canvas
On exhibit at Third Coast Antiques
Placed on this webpage January 31, 2010


Here I experimented with creating highlights with a subtractive process.  I put on a layer of various shades of blue, then scraped them off with a putty knife to reveal the white canvas beneath.  I then dribbled on the thin orange-yellow-red paints to symbolize a comet darting across the night sky against the Milky Way or a nebula in the background.  I used darker, warm tones in the lower left fading to lighter warm tones in the upper right attempting to evoke a feeling of distance.

Concerto for Orange, Yellow, and Blue
36"x48"
Acrylic and latex enamel on canvas
Not currently exhibited
Placed on this webpage January 31, 2010


Here I experimented with cool, dark shades forming a background and placed warm colors on top of them to stand out in the eye of the audience.   I did not want to overwhelm the viewer or make him/her feel the scene was busy, so I kept the warmer colors to a minimum.  I also wanted the warm tones to provide a contrast in shape to the cool tones, so the warm tones consist mainly of straight lines.  I am beginning to find that patches of what might be termed "aggressive" colors seem more peaceful if spaced apart, such as the orange and yellow are here.