Theme Park (A Perfect Day)

Theme Park (A Perfect Day)

I’ve always been into theme parks, roller coasters, and thrill rides — I just didn’t realize it until a few years ago. This piece came to me after a visit to the park, snapping photos while sitting and watching the crowds hustle by in the heat. I’m also drawn to...
Children of the Swamp (Loup-Garou)

Children of the Swamp (Loup-Garou)

These children are running through the south Louisiana swamp of my mind, harboring fears of the imagined (but unseen) folkloric Loup-Garou. The legend of this fearsome creature was sometimes used to keep children from misbehaving. Although I chose to exclude the...
A New Children of the Swamp Emerges

A New Children of the Swamp Emerges

Time to paint this Barred owl. There is a place that I like to camp along the edge of the Atchafalaya Basin, below Catahoula and just off of the Bayou Benoit Levee Road. If you tent camp as I do, you really become one with the swamp at this spot. The sounds to be...