Portraits

Description: Portrait of a soldier from the 24th Mech division returning home to his wife and daughter after Desert Storm

Description: The artist superimposed his face on the last self-portrait of Rembrandt. This work was painted by the artist while looking at his reflection in a mirror. As a result, the painting did not accurately resemble the artist because it was his mirror image. It was not until his son, Mike reversed the image as seen on the Home Page of this site that everyone agreed it finally did look like the artist.

Description: Greek Orthodox wedding circa 1930

Description: Progressive study in motion of the various positions of athlete from the beginning through the end of his throw.

Description: As the title describes

Description: Marine tank commander moving to retake Kuwait during the Desert Storm conflict.

Description: Portrait of Betty Root. She and her husband, Jim, a West Point classmate of the artist and both fellow Californians were lifelong friends of the artist and his wife, Nancy. Betty currently survives her husband and enjoys retirement in Carmel, CA. where she has worked in the office of the Mayor, Clint Eastwood. During the span of the artist's career in the military, the Roots and the McGoverns coterminously shared the same duty assignment 13 times, including tours at West point and in the Phillipines. This portrait is in the possession of Betty Root.

Description: Unfinished reproduction of portrait by Rembrandt Peal of , one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. This work was painted by the artist in the DeYoung Museum, San Francisco. The father of the original artist named all of his sons after famous painters, so it is interesting to note that Rembrandt Peal became an artist himself.

Description: The artist originally painted this scene in a smaller version, which was subsequently appropriated by his youngest son, Jim (currently in his possession). The artist, experiencing a deep sense of loss for this, one of his most prized works, painted a second larger version, which is now hanging in his studio and which it is reported that he guards jealously. The scene of the painting is a French wine cellar. The individuals in the background are having a laugh at the grand tale the subject is telling. It is the original smaller version which is depicted here and was painted while the artist was serving as the Commander of the International Headquarters and Support Command in SHAPE Headquarters, Mons, Belgium.