Postcards from Miami Beach

Feeling "beachy" today. This painting is plaster on canvas for depth with acrylic paint. I was inspired by a beautiful virgin beach in a run down lifeless town on the Caribbean coast of Honduras. Life will hand you inspiration all day, if you are receptive to it things occur. Happy a receptive day! 

There was this home that I would drive by everyday. It was just sad, completely covered in vines on one side and the front was just well sad. One day I saw the owner outside and asked if she would like to sell. She literally threw the keys at me! She had just divorced her husband and the house ha...

  Miami Heat star Goran Dragic just purchased a bay front mansion in the Bay Point section of Miami for $7.9 million. He recently signed a 5 year $85 million contract.The home sits on a 23,100-square-foot lot, and contains seven-bedrooms, six-bathrooms in 6,500 square feet of living area. It feat...

After I completed the house formally known as Peggy's Pink Palace I zeroed in on an unusual and large U-shaped property. It was two story with an entry courtyard that was completely open aired. The lay out was mirror imagine on both sides and it took about 30 seconds for me to realize I could spl...

I thought I would share a few more shots from my wonderful second home city...San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.  This is the cathedral in the main square.Jacaranda tree in bloom from one of my terraces.This is "the castle" which is in view from my master bedroom terrace. It was still under construct...

This is part 3 of the continuing series.After I had the inside finished and furnished I was ready to move in. After settling for a bit it was time to do something out back. There were a few fruit trees, some flowers and grass that needed a lot of water and mowing. I had a vision to turn it into a...

It was very pink inside and out. Ms. Peggy Lee the proud owner made a special point of telling us she "loved pink!" Well I do not and it all had to go! Not just the color but the bathrooms the kitchen, exterior walls, flooring, backyard, front wall, everything but the shell basically. The photos ...

Once I sold my hotel in Roatan I thought it would be great to build gorgeous homes on the island that was beginning to show up on the radar. Land was still cheap, I knew what people liked and had my builder ready to go. I searched for homes for myself and my Realtor Mary who was from the same par...

My aventure in hotelandia was awesome. Never had a single regret and would probably still be there doing it if that one fateful guest did not check in. Bungalow 7 was an instant hit on the island, I built it and they came!There were 2 stoles looking over the pool occupied by a guest and his girlf...

Did you know that I designed, built and operated a hotel on the island of Roatan off the coast of Honduras? That photo below is opening day of me next to the salt water pool on April 11, 2003. It was on a whim (of course) I was told about this divers paradise and went to check it out. After only ...