17x14. Oil on canvas panel. 2016
This one reminds me of Van Gogh"s paintings. I think I painted it from a still life in about half an hour.
16x20 oil on canvas board. 2015?
My Grandma's (Tillie Koykka) kitchen tools from the 1940's
Private collection: Avondale, Arizona
11x14? Oil on canvas board 2015?
[ Destroyed through negligence, in a moving truck, by water. Then thrown in the trash.]
Was in a private collection: destroyed on its way to Albuquerque, New Mexico
Frame made by Ron Maki
16x20 oil on canvas board 2013
32x22 1/2. Oil on birch panel. 2015
This is version #2 of "the Garden of Good and Evil"
Frame made by Ron Maki
20 1/4 x 11 1/2 Oil on canvas panel. 2016
The top part of this painting was inspired by a plein air I did at Cranbrook Oriental Garden, the bottom part is pure imagination.
14x18. Oil on canvas board. 2012
This is one of my favorite still lifes, it's my grandma's blue crock, from their farm in Elo Mi. She made the most delicious apple pies from Transparent apples from the orchard on the next 40 (acres) that my Dad owned. Transparent apples don't keep long in storage, that's why you'll never see them in a store. But they make the perfect apple pie!
11x14 (?). Oil on canvas panel. 2012
Yet another still life painting (on the bottom) and the set-up I painted from - on the top. Private collection, Philadelphia
16x20. Oil on canvas panel. 2013
I was doing a still life painting at the BBAC and needed some items to paint. I found the statue in some stuff Kaye got from her Mom, Marie, after Great Grandma Ethel Hawke died in Marquette Michigan. The statue is an Art Deco style design that was very popular in the 1930’s, and you’ll often see this type of artwork on Antiques Roadshow. It’s actually on my bookshelf right now, a few years back I put gold leaf on it. I always thought it is very cool ! The trophy was won in the 1930’s by George Hawke Jr. “ Young Man of the Year” I believe. From a Fraternal Organization in Marquette. ( Elks Club ? ) As far as I know it sits on a bookshelf in George Hawke the Third’s basement in Rochester MI. Kaye and I decided that he should have it many years ago. And that’s the last place I saw it, I think it’s still there. The big copper plate I’m not sure where that came from but likely Marie had that too, and gave it to us.
16x20. Oil on canvas panel. 2013
My Grandma's old percolator coffee pot from the 1930's I believe. She made the best coffee I've ever had in my life. Along with her home made cinnamon bread (fresh baked in a wood kitchen stove) there was nothing better. She was the best cook I've ever known.
