Slide Show

My beloved sister passed away some years ago. This is how she looked when she was about thirty years old.

This is another of a series of this horse that I have painted many times. This portrait close up is my new favorite. He (or she) came from a group of dude ranch horses near Craig Colorado. I love the light and I just want to stroke the velvety nose.

This beautiful green river is a major attraction in Ouray Colorado. Unfortunately, that beautiful green is from mining waste.

This is from our neighborhood walk. The sky and the light were just right making an ordinary house very pretty.

Coming home from Tucson on New Years eve a few years ago there was a massive snow storm, so we decided to spend the night in Santa Fe. The full moon was amazing. I have never seen a painting of a freeway before. A note of interest, Going to the car the next morning, I slipped on Ice and fractured my wrist. Luckily it was my left wrist as I'm right handed. I have since learned when you know you are going to fall, just go for it. Falling on ones fanny is much less likely to cause damage than trying to break the fall with the outstreched arm.

This young woman waited on us at the Little Nepal Restaurant a few years ago. I thought she was pretty and asked her to model. 

This adorable little pooch was a commissioned portrait.

This scene is on the road between Flagstaff Arizona and Sedona. The road follows Oak Creek it's a nice break from the busy interstate. Sedona of course is one of the most scenic places in America.

When I was growing up on a dairy farm on the prairie it was pretty asture but here was a lilac bush outside my bedroom window. For about two weeks it would fill my head with thoughts of summertime and better things to come.

I took a workshop in Rigby Idaho from the great painter Ovanes Berberian. He supervised this painting.

Some rocks look like people or animals if the light is in the right position, and you use your imagination. This one looks like an owl or a grumpy gnome. You choose!

My sister when she was young. 

This Rock formation is near Pulpit Rock very near the Heller Center for the Arts. It is painted on a wood panel with acrylic. The colors are much nicer in person. This one needs to be viewed live.

This little West Highland Terrier belonged to my brother. She was my favorite model. It is sold.

We rolled into Tucson a few years ago on Christmas Eve, just before sunset. Everything was golden. It was enchanting and I felt like I was home!

A scene from north of Phoenix on a fine spring day.

This is a dual portrait of my brothers. I particularly like the lighting.

The name refers to the light of course which is the good version of "five o'clock shadow".  This painting is from Pulpit Rock Park.

We were scouting for Elk near Craig Colorado on an unpaved road when our path was blocked by a bunch of horses. I got out to shoo them off the road and they just mobbed me (probably looking for sugar cubes). I couldn't resist them at this point and grabbed my camera. They were happy to pose. I loved the white one and painted three versions of this horse. The first two are sold. Overall I painted around a half dozen of the other horses. They were dude ranch horses and very gentle.

I got off my typical realistic style on this one. It's a little more painterly than some.This group of antelope was near Falcon off Woodmen road.