
A grunge abstract. The background is a great country lane near Baldwin and Lawrence, Kansas.

Another abstract with grunge background. Yes, there is a portrait in there too.

Boboli Gardens Tree.

Cartoon four color.

The River Arno in Pisa, Italy.

Boot Camp at San Antonio, Texas. Guess which one is me. Hint: I am not any shorter then than now.

Tech school in Wichita Falls Texas with my friend Traub.

Ready for battle. Boot Camp Mike . Ha!

The panel van I used for hospital deliveries in Fort Worth, TX, at Carswell AFB. I was 18, and had just gotten my first stripe!

The tomb of voodoo priestess Marie Laveau. Note the offerings at the crypt. The colorful character in front was our tour guide.

On the Mississippi.

One of my favorite photos, though poorly scanned.

Another street scene.

Police headquarters. I suspect the fish represents bitter irony today.
These images are all a bit soft. They were shot with film, and then scanned at low resolution before we really understood how to use the scanner.

Badlands of South Dakota.

Another shot of the Badlands. It was overcast when we got there, and not the best day for photography.

Wolf at Bear Country.

Of course, from Bear Country.

Custer National Park.

A smiling face to greet us.

Mount Rushmore

water created through photoshop magic!

CJ on a shelf. She calls it the 'gargoyle picture' because of the Stephen King books.

Trapped, like a rat! If I did this again I would not use a black background.
Gradeschool in Germany. Do you see me as an adult in the top right corner?

The colors in this photo were mildly embellished.

This building was in the West Bottoms in KC. The sky was washed out, so I created a new one and added some clouds.

Robert, Pat, and I.

My brother Robert as illustration.

Pat with his favorite pup, Faith Ann.

A rare shot of all of with Kathleen in Germany, late 1950s.

The last time everyone was speaking to each other....

Wooden head.

Something different, done through a variety of effect simulating a painting.

With my Siberian Husky, Krupskaya. Sky live to be over 16.





The bearded swine....

Outline with gradient.
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I created a bulletin board, and added some picture, pins, tape, etc.

A miniature Gracie watches wistfully at a spoonful of Lucky Charms.

Composite from our trip to New Mexico in 2003. What a great place!

A collection of shots from our visit to Paris in 2001. We are ready to go back.

A poster I put together from our visit to Bath, England.

Charlotte as a picture puzzle.

Green eyed Charlotte.

Charlotte, in her element a couple of years ago...

Study in gradient effects with my favorite subject...

I liked the overall effect of playing with shades of blue....

An illustrated effect in greens....

At signal oaks near Lawrence, seems one of our favorite sites for portraits.

Our first overseas trip together...

"Hellooooo, zeeba nayba!" Yeah, like you believe I didn't touch this one up.

Baby Gracie, the bobble headed bulldog.

Protecting the front porch!

All bulldog, all the time!

Gracie goes after goose meat, November 2005.

Gracie at nap time....

Gracie with Mom.

Gracie, more from the great goose hunt.

Something for the young ladies, my nephew Patrik!

And Patrik's dad, Pat!

Charlotte and I in 2004, different pictures and some background effects.

Playing with merging old images, me in 1959 and 2005. It is the same clock, my Dads pride and joy brought back from Germany.

Geraldine, this photo was done while thinking about the toll of getting older.

better times

Peter F. in uniform, and in his prime....

Mom and Dad are buried in the National Cemetary, in Fort Scott, Kansas.

Portrait of Kathleen with water color effect.

My sister, Kathleen. Sis never seems to age...

My brother in law Jerry. One of our favorite guys.

Okay, Okay, but it was still interesting to do....

Okay, don't ask.

Charlotte in a slide like format....

A composite from our trip to Italy in 2005.

Me at the Arno River in Florence, with combination of photo and drawing effect.

A photo we shot at San Gimignano, including a sepia caste to the center.

Perseus statue in Florence. I removed background, added my own.

...and as a reflection in a blue orb