Cottonwoods 16"x16" oil on linen

Underside 10"x20" oil on board

Paintings... part 2

Evening Clouds

4"x 8"

Fall Poplars

18"x 24"

Gym floor reflections

9"x 12"

Hallway

8"x 10"

Paintings...

Crusty sandwich 5"x7"

Palouse 9"x12"

Willow 7"x14"

Steam Plant 8"x16"

Autumn Browns 8"x16"

Sandpoint Plein-Air

Estes Park Plein Air

37 degrees and rainy

8"x10"

Trailridge Road

8"x16"

Looking thru

11"x14"

Morning Headlines

8"x10"

Aspen Row

7"x14"

A couple pieces from the Estes Park Plein Air show in Estes Park, Colorado.

Blue, white and Ochre

Scotchman Peaks Show, August 7th 5-8

Some photos of the show hanging. The paintings are in hand crafted frames with acid free mats and conservators glass. Some of the proceeds from the sale of the paintings goes to the Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness' preservation efforts. Link

Mountain Grandeur 48"x 48" oil on canvas

Mountain Grandeur

48"x48"

Oil on canvas

$3500.

"After returning from the odyssey I couldn't wait to start a big painting while my mind was fresh and the experience close."

Scotchman Peaks Odyssey, Plein-Air. 2

Evening with the Peaks

4"x 7"

Watercolor on Arches

$250.

"As I attempted to capture a moment of the trip, the realization of the experience was fleeting and soon I would be back in the busy world, I realized that this place wouldn't be busy, it would be like it was right now."

Where the snow meets Sky

5.5"x 7"

Watercolor/ Gouache on Arches

$250.

"As I sat contemplating the immensity of space, the meeting place of the snow and sky begged me to paint it."

Snow, sand, and rocks.

4.5"x 6"

Watercolor/Gouache on Strathmore

$250.

"I attempted to find the complex lines in the rocks compared to the smoothness of the snow, th image and place seem upside down with the dark heavy rocks on top wanting to be at the bottom."

The Basin

9.75"x 6.5"

Watercolor/ Gouache on Arches

$475.

"Everyturn, every corner there was another painting asking to be put on paper, the rocks, trees and a touch of green, the timelessness of the place challenging me."

Holy #@%! Grotto

4.75"x 7.75"

Watercolor on Moleskin paper

N.F.S

Sandy Compton Collection

"This place was our inspiration for the way down the mountain. Sandy from the moment he returned from scouting a way down, continually shook his head and told us we weren't going to believe the surprise he had for us... he was right, simply amazing."

Scotchman Peaks Odyssey, Plein-Air.

Little Spar lake

48 Hr Pass

6"x 8"

Watercolor/Pastel on Crescent Board

$350.

"I sat looking at this place realizing that Sandy was out there somewhere looking for the best way down"

Yellow Skies & quiet nights

4.25"x4.75"

Watercolor on Crescent Board

$250.

"On our final night, I sat by the fire watching the evening unfold, the sky began to turn yellow just before quietness took over for the night."

Melissa Basin

6.5"x 10"

Watercolor on Strathmore

$475.

"The power of experiencing a place that can move mighty rocks is almost inexpressible."

10:30 in the Peaks

3"x 5"

Watercolor on Crescent Board

$250.

"I am always amazed at the colors that evening produces and the ability it has to turn a complicated form into simplicity."

Sublime

3.75"x 6"

Watercolor on Strathmore

N.F.S

"The only way to understand something so majestically complex is through simplicity."

Snow and Trees

5.75"x 4"

Watercolor on Canson

$250.

"I was amazed at the sturdy little trees, stubbornly pushing their way through rock and snow even though everything is pushing back."

Scotchman Peak #2

8"x 6.75"

Watercolor on Crescent Board

$475.

"I was taken aback at all the different forms of rock in this one place, pink, purple, blue and orange rocks. Some looked as though they were concrete sidewalks smooth and straight."

Looking out

9"x5.25"

Watercolor/Pastel on Canson

$475.

"as I sat looking out, I was amazed at how something as solid and immovable as a mountain, can look as transparent and fluid as water."

Evening Skies

4"x 7"

Watercolor on Arches

"I sat watching, attempting to capture the mountains fading into the sky before night took over."

I was lucky enough to spend the past 4 days in the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness, with fellow artist Jared Shear and thank you Sandy Compton for the safe trip through the wilderness. If anybody is in Sandpoint on August 7th, come to the Timberstand Gallery for the show.

Stormy Moran.

Around sunset there was a terrific storm that really purpled everything up. It gave the whole area a great mood.

Evening with the Tetons

River Rocks Paint out, Idaho Falls

Had a good weekend, wish they were all this great.

Honorable mention

Quick Draw, Purchase Award

The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho permanent collection.

Palouse Barn

Warm night on the Palouse

Watercolors

Some watercolors and gouache I have been doing

Sante Fe,

Looking for the Sublime

I am interested in finding what it takes to create a sublime experience.  It is harder than one would think.

Sage Creek Gallery OPA Show

Click to see the OPA Show  at the Sage Creek Gallery in Santa Fe, NM.

Steam Plant 8"x10"

Took the painting class to the steam plant to paint.  This is my demo for the class.  It was an enjoyable place to paint, there are all kinds of pipes and interesting spaces to paint.  I will hopefully be going back.

More Eggs

Eggs are fun to paint.

Eggs, 6"x8" oil on birch

My students had an egg assignment that looked so fun I had to try.  And yes it was fun.

I was sick of brown paintings, oil on linen

I spilled this gatorade on my computer and thought that I would immortalize it in a painting.  I decided that however much it cost to fix my computer would be the value of the painting.

Orange slice

Accepted!!

This piece was accepted today into the Oil Painters of America show.  Here is the  link.  The show is in May in Santa Fe, New Mexico. 

Fruit

It has been really dull in color lately,  as I was walking into my studio I pulled out an apple to eat and ended up painting it instead.

I then found an orange and continued the painting.

Snow and patches of dirt, 6"x12" oil on birch

Dead Plant 9"x12" oil on panel

Poplar 8"x10" watercolor/gouache

I can't seem to get enough of the palouse snow and poplar trees.  They make for good companions one having simple washes and the other detailed lines makes for lots of fun.

Winter Trees, 5"x7" watercolor/gouache

Two of my favorite things  poplar trees, and snowy mountains.

Mini Mountains, watercolor/gouache 5"x7"

Mt. West Park

View of Wendy's Glacier

Parking lot Pass

Mt. Winco

These piles of snow from the plows are all that are left from the massive snow we had.  My five year old son and I have been imagining ourselves as a tiny lego men exploring these massive glacial mountainscapes.

Snow on the Palouse, watercolor/gouache 5"x7"

We had tons of snow about a week ago,  this is all that remains after warm temps and rain.  The good thing is that it makes wonderful patterns on the hills.

Watercolors in the Winter

I loved the light coming between these bushes and their shadows.

The way white rolling hills of the palouse contrasted with these tree trunks couldn't be passed up.

unposted paintings

I couldn't resist these wonderful leafless trees and the hazy mountains.

View from Napoleon Dynamites house

Winter Willow, watercolor/gouache 4.5"x6.5"

Tree Bottom 36"x48" oil on canvas

A piece I have been working on that I am still working on.

Poplars 18"x36" oil on canvas

I haven't posted for a bit,  this is a piece I have been working on...maybe too much...enough that it needs some more work.

Lake Pend oreille 30"x40" oil on canvas

This is the commission piece that I just finished up.  It is by far the longest I have spent on a single painting,  a lot of late nights!

dum dum 5"x7"

I have been stealing my kids halloween candy lately and decided to paint one.  

Studio Window 8"x10" oil on linen

As I painted in the studio today I looked up to see this wonderful light shining in.  I grabbed the paints and did a quick study.  The yellow light coming in  surprised me since it was only 4:00 o'clock and the sun was on its way down.  

Dinner with Yako, 8"x12" oil on linen

My neighbor went fishing yesterday and brought my family some nice trout to eat.  As I was eating them I decided that I needed to paint them.  It was a lot of fun but my studio sure smelled awful.

Fall

This little guy is behind the Grad studio and I couldn't resist its color.

These trees are across from the studio and have already lost their leaves completely.  I find it interesting how some trees loose their leaves so much sooner than others.

Monothon at the Crow shadow Institute of Art

I went to Pendleton Oregon today for a benefit auction at the Crow Shadow Institute of Art.  It is put on by James Lavadour and Frank Janzen.  It was a lot of fun to do some printmaking.   

 Click on the title for a link to their site.

Sorry for the bad photos they took them as fast as we could print them.  

Dixie Dog 9"x12" oil on panel

A fellow artist Greg Caudell had his great dog with him.  She was a great little puppy that I had to paint.  She didn't hold to still but I think I captured her.  

Scotchman peak show

Tree Bottom 8"x10" Sold 

Fall Meadow  8"x10"

Fall Aspens  11"x14"

I had the chance to paint at the Scotchman peaks wilderness plein-air show.  It was a lot of fun to paint with the other artists and meet some new people.  I'll post the other paintings I did when I get better photos of them.

Willows 8"x10"

I went out this morning around 7:00 and did some tree paintings.  This was the last one and the fastest.

Tractor 8"x10" oil on birch

Cottonwoods 8"x10" oil on birch

OPA plein-air event

I couldn't pass up these shoe thrown up into the powerlines of this alley.  I was told it was done by a disgruntled employee and the local shoe store.
I enjoyed painting the parts of a boat that you don't usually see.  

Estes Road, oil on canvas, 24"x30"

I have been working on a large studio piece for school based on a smaller plein-air.  So here it is. I have enjoyed painting trees and it was fun to do some bigger work.