Thursday, July 14, 2016

I have been working hard getting ready for the Eagle Rock Art Guild's summer Sidewalk Art Show.  (The show is in Idaho Falls, Idaho.  I will be there Saturday July 23rd from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm.  Come and see me.)  There is so much to do - title cards, lists, packing, and of course painting new work.  Silvertip is my newest artwork.  On a trip with my cousin to Yellowstone National Park we stopped in the Grizzly and Wold Discovery Center.  This was one of the bears we had the privilege of watching.  He was playing with the other bears and seem to be smiling.


This painting is on a 6 x 6 inch board.  I have it for sale on Daily Paintworks.  Or you can purchase prints, cards, and other fun items like bags and T-shirts from my website.

Thursday, June 30, 2016

The Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington has some great animals.  This Spectacled Owl was one of the many birds we were able to meet up close.  I took artistic licence with his surroundings - I wanted him to feel at home.



The painting is a 6 x 6 inch oil on board.
If you would like to purchase the original Click Here.  If you would like to purchase a print or other fun items Click Here.

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

The Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington, is fabulous.  In the aviary, visitors can feed the birds from small paper cups with nectar.  My oldest son was particularly good with the birds.  This painting was painted from a reference picture taken 2009.



This painting is 6 x 6 inches.  Visit Daily Paintworks to purchase the original or to my website to purchase a print or other fun items.

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

When I saw the Daily Paintworks' The summer Vacation Challenge's, I remembered a scene from a trip my cousins took me on to Palisades Lake, Idaho in the fall.  One of my cousins has a boat and he motored the rest of us around the lake.  We saw this little inlet with a couple of boats and tents in the background.  I thought, "What a cool camping experience."  I just had to paint it.


The painting is a 6 x 8 oil on canvas board.  To purchase it Click Here.

Friday, June 17, 2016

Here is another painting I did from my Swan Valley reference pictures.
I put it on auction at Daily Paintworks.  Click here to bid.


This is a 5 x 7 oil on canvas board.

Thursday, June 16, 2016

As an activity for the Eagle Rock Art Guild (located in Idaho Falls, Idaho) in 2014, we went to Swan Valley, Idaho - where a couple of members have cabins - to do some plein aire painting.  It had rained the day before and the clouds were still hanging around when we went to paint.  (Most of it blew out by noon.)  This was from one of the reference pictures I took when I wondered around during lunch.


This painting is a 5 x 7 oil on canvas board.  I have put this painting up for auction on Daily Paintworks. Click here to bid.

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

For this painting I used one of the references from the time my cousin took me on a suprise trip to Intermittent Spring located in Swift Creek Canyon in Star Valley, near Afton Wyoming late in the fall.
This oil painting is 5 x 7.  I have put it up for auction on Daily Paintworks.  Click here to bid.
I have spent some time the last couple of weeks doing a commission piece.
I think it turned out well.

Saturday, May 28, 2016

This is a subject that is important to me.  This is my second painting of the the theme, but the one that resembles my original drawing.  You can order prints of my form my website.  The original is an oil painting that is 6 x 6.

Friday, May 20, 2016

My family and I were invited to attend the War Bonnet Roundup in Idaho Falls, ID in 2014.  I was lucky enough to get a press pass to go behind the scenes and take pictures of the livestock.  I find it amazing that these placid animals laying around or milling about would become bucking and twisting mountains of muscle trying to get a cowboy off their backs.

This painting is 7 x 5 oil on canvas board.  I put it up for auction on Daily Paintworks.  Click Here to Bid


Tuesday, May 17, 2016

While I was visiting Nevada City, Montana, I saw this cute little guy under a sign (I know up close it looks like a drain). Nevada City is an old mining ghost town that has been turned into an outdoor historical museum. He was just one of the many that was flitting about. Click Here to Buy.
The painting I created is Home Under the Sign. The size is 6 x 6.

Friday, May 13, 2016

I saw the Explore Your Garden painting challenge in DPW and remembered the perfect reference. I took many photos when my family and I went to Nevada City, Montana. Nevada City was an old mining ghost town that has been turned into an outdoor historical museum. As we explored the attraction, finches fluttered about. One of the cute little guys landed on a wooden garden fence and I could not help but take his picture with the intent of painting him

I painted him in oil on a 5 x 7 canvas board. He is up for auction on Daily Paintworks. Click Here to Bid

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

I have finally finished my student teaching and have taken some time to paint.  Bison Study 5 is hopefully just the start of summer painting.  I have put it up for auction on Daily Paintworks.  Click here to bid
Bison Study 5 is a 5 x 7 oil on canvas board.