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As always, it is my intention to invite subconscious flow, exhaust my abilities, follow my instincts, and convey that which is my vision: in this case, a visual storyteller's imaginary world revealed in paint.
As always, it is my intention to invite subconscious flow, exhaust my abilities, follow my instincts, and convey that which is my vision: in this case, a visual storyteller's imaginary world revealed in paint.
About The Kingdom
About The Kingdom
I was born wired with the Maker’s Spirit. When I was a child (alongside drawing, of course) I would often utilize construction paper, markers, modeling clay and such to construct scenes. Now, as a seasoned artist, I find myself doing much the same thing, only now for the purpose of serving a still life painting. I have realized over the years the importance of staying true to that young version of me, as it is my creative core. Then, as now, I am driven by the same somewhat mysterious compulsion.
The Kingdom displays my imagination and paint manipulation skill at my highest level. I wish to satisfy the eye, certainly, but also stimulate the viewer beyond the painted surface by means of visual storytelling, often countering surface humor with lurking sadness or darkness, the result being complexity of content. I hope to demonstrate that still life painting can be vibrant, relevant, and exciting!
Thank you for visiting The Kingdom!
I've got This, No Problem
I've got This, No Problem
16"x20" Oil on Panel
Available
The Slumber Party
The Slumber Party
20"x16" Oil on Panel
Available
One Night in Arkansas: The Kingdom, Reinvaded
One Night in Arkansas: The Kingdom, Reinvaded
24"x30" Oil on Panel
Available
Awards:
Awards:
Honorable Mention - Art of the Heartland National Juried Painting Competition, Southwest Artists, Mena Art Gallery, Mena, AR, 2025
Finalist - international Still Life Competition, Richeson75, 2026
I'll do ANYTHING for Your Attention!
I'll do ANYTHING for Your Attention!
20"x16" Oil on Panel
Available
Awards:
Awards:
The Arkansas Artist Award - Art of the Heartland National Juried Painting Competition, Southwest Artists, Mena Art Gallery, Mena, AR, 2023
FAV15% - BoldBrush Painting Competition, Jan, 2024
The Almenara Art Prize International Online Exhibition, 2024
It was Bound to Happen
It was Bound to Happen
16"x20" Oil on Panel
Available
I must Escape this Emptiness
I must Escape this Emptiness
20"x16" Oil on Panel
Available
Awards:
Awards:
First Place - Art of the Heartland National Juried Painting Competition, Southwest Artists, Mena Art Gallery, Mena, AR, 2022
Finalist - Art Show International, IJAC, 2022
NOAPS Fall International on-line Exhibition, 2022
Finalist - Spotlight Magazine Cover Contest, 2023
Best of Show - international Still Life Competition, Richeson75, 2023
FAV15% - BoldBrush Painting Competition, December, 2023
Oil Painters of America's 33rd National Exhibition, Wichita, KS. 2024
First Place - Still Life Category, Best Art Awards, international Competition, 2024
The Almenara Art Prize International Online Exhibition, 2024
Distinction - Still & Lifeless 3 International Online Exhibition, Gallery 4%, 2025
An unlikely Union
An unlikely Union
20"x16" Oil on Panel
Available
Awards:
Awards:
Art of the Heartland National Juried Painting Competition, Southwest Artists, Mena Art Gallery, Mena, AR, 2022
Finalist - Art Show International, IJAC, 2022
Finalist - international Still Life Competition, Richeson75, 2023
The Almenara Art Prize International Online Exhibition, 2024
A Closer Examination of Time
A Closer Examination of Time
30"x40" Oil on Linen/Panel
SOLD collection of R.W. Norton Museum
Awards:
Awards:
International Guild of Realism's Winter Salon Online Exhibition, 2019
Finalist - international Still Life Competition, Richeson75, 2019
Finalist - Art Renewal Center's 14th International Salon, 2018/19
National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society, Spring Online International Juried Exhibition, 2019
The Inflectionist Review Magazine, Volume 10, 2020
Non-compliant
Non-compliant
20"x16" Oil on Panel
Available
Awards:
Awards:
Meritorious Selection - international Still Life Competition, Richeson75, 2020
Art of the Heartland National Juried Painting Competition, Southwest Artists, Mena Art Gallery, Mena, AR, 2020
A Taste of the Good Stuff
A Taste of the Good Stuff
16"x20" Oil on Panel
Available
Awards:
Awards:
Finalist - international Still Life Competition, Richeson75, 2020
International Guild of Realism's Spring Salon Online Exhibition, 2020
Art of the Heartland National Juried Painting Competition, Southwest Artists, Mena Art Gallery, Mena, AR, 2020
Best not to Think about It
Best not to Think about It
20"x16" Oil on Panel
Available
Awards:
Awards:
Cover: The Idle Class magazine, The Film Issue, 2025
Double Juicy Frog Kisses
Double Juicy Frog Kisses
20"x16" Oil on Panel
SOLD collection of R.W. Norton Museum
Awards:
Awards:
Meritorious Selection - international Still Life Competition, Richeson75, 2019
Runner-Up Prize Award - Art Show International, IJAC, 2022
My Soul yet Sings!
My Soul yet Sings!
20"x16" Oil on Panel
Available
Awards:
Awards:
International Guild of Realism's 11th Juried Exhibition, Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA, 2017
Still Life Honorable Mention Award - Art of the Heartland National Juried Painting Competition, Southwest Artists, Mena Art Gallery, Mena, AR, 2018
And so the Panic began
And so the Panic began
16"x20" Oil on Panel
Available
Awards:
Awards:
Oil Painters of America's Eastern Regional Exhibition, Anderson Fine Art Gallery, St. Simons Island, GA, 2017
Meritorious Selection - international Still Life Competition, Richeson75, 2019
Finalist - Art Show International, IJAC, 2022
The King's Solicitors
The King's Solicitors
20"x16" Oil on Panel
Available
Awards:
Awards:
The Van Wolf Arkansas Artist Award - Art of the Heartland National Juried Painting Competition, Southwest Artists, Mena Art Gallery, Mena, AR, 2016
International Guild of Realism's Winter Salon, The Marshall Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, 2016
Juxtaprose Literary Magazine, Volume 10 cover, 2016
Finalist - Still Life Category, Art Renewal Center's 13th International Salon, 2017/18
The Brawl of the Century
The Brawl of the Century
16"x20" Oil on Panel
Available
Awards:
Awards:
Art of the Heartland National Juried Painting Competition, Southwest Artists, Mena Art Gallery, Mena, AR, 2017
International Guild of Realism's 14th Juried Exhibition, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2019
Keeper of the Flame
Keeper of the Flame
20"x16" Oil on Panel
SOLD
Awards:
Awards:
International Guild of Realism's 11th Juried Exhibition, Gallery 1261, Denver, CO, 2016
Finalist - Still Life Category, Art Renewal Center's 12th International Salon, 2016/17
The Inflectionist Review Magazine, Volume 10, 2020
Cover: The Drowning House, poetry collection, 2022
The Silent Service
The Silent Service
20"x16" Oil on Panel
SOLD
Awards:
Awards:
Finalist - international Still Life Competition, Richeson75, 2024
Award of Excellence - Art of the Heartland National Juried Painting Competition, Southwest Artists, Mena Art Gallery, Mena, AR, 2024
The Wonderweapon
The Wonderweapon
16"x20" Oil on Panel
SOLD
Awards:
Awards:
Honorable Mention - 59th Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR, 2017
Chimera, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2023
The Contemplation Pool
The Contemplation Pool
20"x16" Oil on Panel
SOLD
Awards:
Awards:
Oil Painters of America's 2016 Salon Show, Castle Gallery Fine Art, Fort Wayne, IN, 2016
Artifacts of the Ancients
Artifacts of the Ancients
16"x20" Oil on Panel
Available
Awards:
Awards:
Oil Painters of America's 25th National Exhibition, Eisele Gallery of Fine Art, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2017
Art of the Heartland National Juried Painting Competition, Southwest Artists, Mena Art Gallery, Mena, AR, 2019
Night Watch
Night Watch
20"x16" Oil on Panel
SOLD
Her Secret Garden
Her Secret Garden
16"x20" Oil on Panel
Available
Awards:
Awards:
Oil Painters of America's Eastern Regional Exhibition, Eisele Gallery of Fine Art, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2016
International Guild of Realism's 13th Juried Exhibition, Sugarman-Peterson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2018
He followed the Money
He followed the Money
20"x16" Oil on Panel
Available
Awards:
Awards:
South Arkansas Art Center's National Art Competition, El Dorado, AR, 2016
First Place - Still Life Category, Art of the Heartland National Juried Painting Competition, Southwest Artists, Mena Art Gallery, Mena, AR, 2019
The Forbidden Kiss
The Forbidden Kiss
16"x20" Oil on Panel
Available
Awards:
Awards:
The Inflectionist Review Magazine, Volume 10, 2020
Keeper of the Red Jinn
Keeper of the Red Jinn
20"x16" Oil on Panel
SOLD
Awards:
Awards:
Oil Painters of America's 25th National Exhibition, Dallas, TX. 2016
Blood like a River
Blood like a River
16"x20" Oil on Panel
Available
Midnight at the Oasis
Midnight at the Oasis
16"x20" Oil on Panel
Available
Awards:
Awards:
Finalist - The Artist's Magazine 32nd Art Competition, 2015
Oil Painters of America's 2015 Salon Show, Beverly McNeil Gallery, Birmingham, AL, 2015
Texas & Neighbors 31st Regional Art Exhibition, Irving Arts Center, 2016
Art of the Heartland: National Juried Painting Competition, Southwest Artists, Mena Art Gallery, Mena, AR, 2016
International Guild of Realism's Winter Salon, The Marshall Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, 2016
This might Sting a Little
This might Sting a Little
20"x16" Oil on Panel
SOLD
A most Perfect Potion
A most Perfect Potion
16"x20" Oil on Panel
Available
Awards:
Awards:
International Guild of Realism's 10th Juried Exhibition, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2015
Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanities Council's 28th Juried Exhibition, Texarkana, TX, 2016
For the Love of a Milkmaid
For the Love of a Milkmaid
20"x16" Oil on Panel
SOLD
Now we Wait...
Now we Wait...
16"x20" Oil on Panel
SOLD
Keeper of Time
Keeper of Time
16"x20" Oil on Panel
SOLD
Awards:
Awards:
Featured in The Artist's Magazine's article "The Kingdom of The Origami Dragon Guy" November 2014 issue.
The King is Dead
The King is Dead
20"x16" Oil on Panel
SOLD
Awards:
Awards:
International Guild of Realism's 8th Juried Exhibition, Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe, AZ, 2013
The Kingdom: Invaded
The Kingdom: Invaded
16"x20" Oil on Panel
SOLD
Awards:
Awards:
MANIFEST: 7th International Painting Annual 2017
Swoon
Swoon
20"x16" Oil on Panel
SOLD
The Trolls' Treasure
The Trolls' Treasure
16"x20" Oil on Panel
SOLD
Awards:
Awards:
Featured in The Artist's Magazine's article "The Kingdom of The Origami Dragon Guy" November 2014 issue.
Finalist - The Artist's Magazine 31st Annual Art Competition, 2014
Keys to The Kingdom
Keys to The Kingdom
16"x20" Oil on Panel
SOLD collection of R.W. Norton Museum
Awards:
Awards:
Oil Painters of America's 22nd National Exhibition, InSight Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX, 2013
Featured in The Artist's Magazine's article "The Kingdom of The Origami Dragon Guy" November 2014 issue.
International Guild of Realism's Masterworks Museum Tour, 2015/2016
Finalist - The Artist's Magazine 30th Art Competition, 2013
Off with Their Heads!
Off with Their Heads!
20"x16" Oil on Panel
SOLD
Awards:
Awards:
Oil Painters of America's 2013 Salon Show, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI, 2013
Finalist - Southwest Art Magazine Artistic Excellence Competition 2013
Unattainable
Unattainable
16"x20" Oil on Panel
SOLD
Awards:
Awards:
Finalist - The Artist's Magazine 30th Art Competition 2013
AMERICAN STILL LIFES: National Museum Exhibition, R.W. Norton Museum, 2014
Featured in The Artist's Magazine's article "The Kingdom of The Origami Dragon Guy" November 2014 issue.
The Wizard's Wand
The Wizard's Wand
16"x20" Oil on Panel
SOLD
Awards:
Awards:
Honorable Mention - 56th Annual Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR, 2014
New Sheriff in Town
New Sheriff in Town
16"x20" Oil on Panel
SOLD
Awards:
Awards:
IAC Award of Excellence - 28th Texas & Neighbors Regional Art Exhibit, Irving Art Association, Irving, TX, 2013
Award of Excellence - Art of the Heartland National Juried Painting Competition, SouthWest Artists, Mena, AR, 2015
Honorable Mention - The Gun Show Exhibition, Drawl Southern Contemporary Art/Oxford American Magazine, Little Rock, AR, 2016
Keeper of the Key
Keeper of the Key
20"x16" Oil on Panel
SOLD
Awards:
Awards:
Finalist - Still Life Category, Art Renewal Center International Salon 2012/2013
Oil Painters of America's Eastern Regional Exhibition, McBride Gallery of Annapolis, Maryland, 2013
Featured in See Me's Creatives Rising digital exhibition, New York, NY 2013
Featured in The Artist's Magazine's article "The Kingdom of The Origami Dragon Guy" November 2014 issue.
Finalist - The Artist's Magazine 31st Art Competition 2014
Trouble in The Kingdom
Trouble in The Kingdom
20"x16" Oil on Panel
SOLD
Torches, Tower, & Dragon
Torches, Tower, & Dragon
20"x16" Oil on Panel
SOLD
Note: This is the first Kingdom painting.
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