Fresh Powder

Fresh Powder
Oil / Canvas
27" x 34"

A Snow Covered Tree Branch

A Snow Covered Tree Branch
Oil / Canvas
8" x 6"
Plein Air


Got up this morning to find out that the mountains had received a lot of snow. So I headed out towards Monarch mountain. My goal was to find some nice snow covered pine trees to paint. Walking out into the woods I found this back light tree branch that I found interesting.

As the sun was coming out the snow on the trees started to melt. Of course, I should have known, a glob of snow fell from a tree above and landed on the palette with a big piece landing directly in my turp jar. Well I guess that's plein air painting. I pulled that snow piece out of my jar, moved the easel, and finished the painting.






Took a photo of where I set up. That's the branch I painted in the middle.

Creek Thaw

Creek Thaw
9" x 12"
Oil / Canvas

Between The Cracks

Between The Cracks
10" x 8"
Oil / Canvas

Rolling In

Rolling In
12" x 16"
Oil / Canvas

2011 Governor's Art Award Submission for Salida

Here's Pt 1 of the video for the 2011 Governor's Art Award Submission for Salida, CO. I'm towards the end at about 6:53.

1st Annual Gallery Row Holiday Block Party

Here a couple photos of the live music I had at my gallery from last nights block party. It was a lot of fun! Thanks to all who came out and all the businesses that participated

Break in the Snow

Break In The Snow
Oil / Canvas
10" x 14"

Out of Shadow

Out of Shadow
oil / canvas
10" x 14"


This painting was done with about 99% palette knife. I wanted to play with the palette knife and experiment with color in this piece.

Cloudy Landscape

Cloudy Landscape
Oil / Canvas
16" x 20"

SUNSET GLORY

Sunset Glory
Oil / Canvas
32" x 48"

The sky was like it was on fire that night and I just had to make a painting of it. It truly is God's Country in the mountains of Colorado.

Nude Studies

Nude
Oil / Canvas
10" x 20"







Seated Nude Study
Oil / Canvas
8"x10"

Catching the Light

Catching The Light
Oil / Canvas
9" x 12"

Hills and Snow

Hills and Snow
24" x 48"
Oil on Panel

For this piece I wanted to capture an interesting design and a sense of the light, texture, and depth of the space. I painted on Panel, which I thought helped build the type of textures I wanted. I layered paint on switching between palette knife and brush.

Details:

Sunflowers

Sunflowers
Oil / Canvas
14" x 18"

Melting Ice

Melting Ice
Oil / Canvas
12" x 12"

Still Life paintings

Red, White, Green
Oil / Canvas
8" x 10"









Sunflower
Oil / Canvas
9" x 12"

Snowy Creek Plein Air

Snowy Creek
9" x 12"
Oil / Canvas


This is one from yesterday, done on location. I walked out to the spot, got set up, and found out that I had forgotten my brushes! However, I had my trusty palette knife. So I decided to paint it all with a palette knife.

Green Pear, Lemon Yellow

Green Pear, Lemon Yellow
Oil / Canvas
10" x 10"

Red Pear

Red Pear
Oil / Canvas
10" x 10"