https://www.koeb.com/classes daily 0.75 2020-09-14 https://www.koeb.com/classes/two-color-paintings monthly 0.5 2020-10-08 https://www.koeb.com/home daily 1.0 2026-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec30a62a5b3597a0d89d80a/39fb08a4-4f10-4c58-9ad2-3e297ec89ce3/the_lea.jpg home https://www.koeb.com/contact daily 0.75 2020-08-04 https://www.koeb.com/read-me daily 0.75 2020-07-14 https://www.koeb.com/news daily 0.75 2020-09-14 https://www.koeb.com/landscapes daily 0.75 2026-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec30a62a5b3597a0d89d80a/b5f28e08-399f-4481-a8be-7e87c28ad81c/the_marrow.jpg Landscapes - Make it stand out Marrow of the World From the 1972 classic film: Jeremiah Johnson. “The Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world.” oil on cradled wood panel 32 x 48 inches 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec30a62a5b3597a0d89d80a/5ca21288-1639-4293-b887-371f32172794/eno.jpg Landscapes - Make it stand out Eno I came upon this section of the Eno River while on a hike on Occoneechee Mountain. I loved the pink and gray of the ground and the reflection of the sky in the water. oil on canvas 28.5 x 36 inches 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec30a62a5b3597a0d89d80a/c201e677-7d72-409a-b07a-956f22abd736/mesas.jpg Landscapes - Make it stand out Mesas In New Mexico I was moved by the intensity of colors. This is an invention based on my visit there in 2002. It came together when I changed the sky into a deep blue. Oil on cradled wood panel 12 x 12 inches 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec30a62a5b3597a0d89d80a/8ed446c8-053f-486d-9c4b-7e9fb628952f/over.jpg Landscapes - Make it stand out Over Just over the mountain, is another world, one I’d like to see. oil on cradled wood panel 12 x 12 inches 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec30a62a5b3597a0d89d80a/29e5c6b7-6c6c-4192-9865-c2196189caea/irises.jpg Landscapes - Make it stand out Irises A path discovered during a run through the woods. Irises in front of a neighbor’s house. Clouds. An hour compressed into a single view. oil on canvas 40 x 48 inches 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec30a62a5b3597a0d89d80a/9f0ddda4-f1a6-4b80-893c-2a03fd3efeca/meadow.jpg Landscapes - Make it stand out Meadow There is no exact spot that this is based on. After I painted it, I would see this view in many places. oil on canvas 16 x 20 inches 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec30a62a5b3597a0d89d80a/82dee721-58e3-497f-8098-210ecce0c49f/dairylands.jpg Landscapes - Make it stand out Dairylands From memories of many drives and hikes around Carrboro, NC. oil on cradled wood panel 11 x 14 inches 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec30a62a5b3597a0d89d80a/a292d937-9882-41f8-b065-db0e9978b537/rise.jpg Landscapes - Make it stand out Rise Orange, blue, and white, that’s all. Underneath all of it is a face. An exploration of what can be accomplished with fewer options. oil on cradled wood panel 12 x 12 inches 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec30a62a5b3597a0d89d80a/a5d2ceb7-6ceb-477e-921e-af4b2a89b3af/hvdreams.jpg Landscapes - Make it stand out Hudson Valley Dream A place I longed for and eventually made my home. oil on canvas 20 x 22 inches 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec30a62a5b3597a0d89d80a/47c628a6-260a-493a-a8b4-7dceed159926/dover.jpg Landscapes - Make it stand out Dover I began with the sky, a mix of violets and pale yellows and then pushed the greens around in a way that reminded me of a path from an old photo I took while on a trip to Dover. Pastel greens with hints of magenta and purple. Painted thickly with a palette knife. oil on cradled wood panel 12 x 12 inches 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec30a62a5b3597a0d89d80a/718197d0-4713-40d0-8540-1133b944da89/missouridream.jpg Landscapes - Make it stand out Oasis I am sure this place exists, somewhere in Kansas. oil on cradled wood panel 18 x 24 inches 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec30a62a5b3597a0d89d80a/3418aba2-342b-43e7-8fc4-fcfceba4cb4e/tramonto.jpg Landscapes - Make it stand out Tramonto Painted from a photo I took at the end of a day of teaching. Cary, NC. oil on cradled wood panel 14 x 11 inches 2023 https://www.koeb.com/illusion daily 0.75 2026-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec30a62a5b3597a0d89d80a/80ff9808-2570-4cbd-b896-1abf952e4f3c/persistentillusion.jpeg Illusion - Make it stand out Persistent Illusion Albert Einstein: "People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.” oil on cradled wood panel 48 x 48 inches 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec30a62a5b3597a0d89d80a/6f668bff-3909-4c66-9b7f-1fbdf79780b0/omw.jpg Illusion - Make it stand out OMW Moments in a single day. We can’t see what’s coming until it is here. oil on canvas 48 x 66 inches 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec30a62a5b3597a0d89d80a/b7b78696-c8ea-4ab2-96d2-287603fba0d2/foursquared.jpeg Illusion - Make it stand out Foursquared Kids play games in Durham, NC, while at the same time in Yemen, a different reality exists. oil on canvas 40 x 56 inches 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec30a62a5b3597a0d89d80a/36cc50cf-937d-453b-88e7-fe13027e484c/runners.jpg Illusion - Make it stand out Runners A child is born, they grow and play games, eventually they might learn to drive a car. We are moving through time as we move through space. oil on canvas 36 x 36 inches 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec30a62a5b3597a0d89d80a/554aed7a-be88-4a75-b4a3-2f03fbc3092a/impersistence.jpeg Illusion - Make it stand out Impersistence Horses run through the same space but not at the same time. oil on cradled wood panel 48 x 48 inches 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec30a62a5b3597a0d89d80a/9621aeb8-c658-4de9-8daa-df1744169bbd/recyclers.jpg Illusion - Make it stand out Recyclers Photographs, of my son, a Japanese doll, a woman walking down a hallway. Different times, recycled images with a recycling center mixed in. oil on canvas. 48 x 48 inches 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec30a62a5b3597a0d89d80a/cf3197c0-36c7-45ea-bbe6-f64dcb60d856/boyslife.jpg Illusion - Make it stand out Boy’s Life Memories, hopes, glimpses of people and places. oil on wood panel 36 x 42 inches 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec30a62a5b3597a0d89d80a/593eeb7d-f051-47c1-93f1-4178a39e8d77/wall.jpg Illusion - Make it stand out Wall A boy behind a wall dreams of other places and other times. oil on cradled wood panel 16 x 16 inches 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec30a62a5b3597a0d89d80a/afa0e558-c066-471f-a543-b1991b81cbd9/orangetop.jpg Illusion - Make it stand out Swimmers In one place and then another. Moving, leaving traces behind.. 12 x 12 inches 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec30a62a5b3597a0d89d80a/cc6896dd-fa61-4b01-9fd0-a88f897244b9/all-american.jpg Illusion - Make it stand out All American Boys Baseball, an American flag, the past, the future. Hopes and aspirations. oil on canvas 36 x 24 inches 2016