Here’s a little oil painting I did of a gentleman on the Crystal River in Colorado. The little river is one of the most beautiful there is. To top it all off, there is a campground right on a portion of the river. Last summer Kathy, my wife, and I stayed there for a couple of days so I could …
Albert Handell
Spent a wonderful day with Albert Handell on Saturday. I took my wife Kathy to Santa Fe for the New Year weekend and I arranged a meeting for her with Albert. She is a fan of his and wanted to get one of his books. I met Albert several years ago at the Telluride Plein Air Festival in Telluride, Colorado. …
The Old Adobe
Here is a little 6 x 8 oil that I did a couple of days ago of an old adobe house just off of Canyon Rd. in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Canyon Road is a famous art district in Santa Fe. I used to show in a gallery there. I love to wander the side streets in the area. It is really, …
Baby it’s Cold Outside
8 degrees with a wind chill of -5 this morning when I got up . Guess I won’t be riding my motorcycle today. Nor will I be painting outside either I suppose. I have painted out in the cold before but it is hard to get the fingers to move in the way I want and the oil paint gets …
The Navajo Nation
We traveled across the Navajo Reservation on the way down to Tucson for the opening of the Mountain Oyster Club Art Show I mentioned last week. I’ve traveled across the rez numerous times. In the late 1980’s when I was showing at the Grand Canyon and other venues in Arizona, Highway 160 became all too familiar. Not much has changed …
The Little Colorado Canyon
OK. As promised…here is my painting of the view from our room at Cameron Trading Post at sunset. It is a little 6 x 8 watercolor. I painted it from a photo I took. I had my watercolor kit with me at the time but the light was fading so quickly, I knew I couldn’t get it set up in …
Mountain Oyster Club Art Show
Well, we’re back from Tucson and the Mountain Oyster Club Art Show and Sale. It was great. Lots of people, lots of good art, warm weather…what more could I ask for. It was encouraging to see that a number of paintings had been spoken for within the first couple hours of the preview on Saturday. The actual sale was on Sunday but …
Mountain Oyster Club 40th Annual Art Show and Sale
Earlier this year I received a letter of invitation for 40th Annual Western Art Show and Sale at the prestigious Mountain Oyster Club in Tuscon Arizona. Of course I accepted. The show opens to the public on November 22, 2009 with a private reception for the artists and invited patrons the afternoon before. I’ll be there. Check them out at …