In, I guess you could call them, the early to mid- 80s, I was dabbling with lots of different techniques and styles.

Hawaiian Tree- there on our Honeymoon, I had packed my brushes when this tree caught my attention.  With no other resort, I slapped the paint onto canvas directly from the paint tubes.  The result was pretty cool, these thick slogs and batches of colorful paint.  It was raining and so humid out that this took so long to dry, I wasn't able to put it away but had to carefully carry it through our journey. 

Backyard Tree- I do believe this was first on-site water color sketch. 

Blue Boy- An attempt at drawing an image, not that I saw but something imaginary- a scene I invented- just not my thing, i suspect.  Somehow, for me, capturing the scenes and events that I come upon somehow seems much more compelling.