The Handy Pocket Desk

I’ve got one and you may too. Especially if you’re a gent and in the habit of wearing shirts with breast pockets. For me it all started when I was probably in my mid twenties. I was cowboying at the time and I noticed some of my older riding mates carried a notebook and pen or more likely a stub …

Arches National Park, Utah

Spent a great weekend in Arches National Park in Uah. The weather was beautiful with highs around 70 degrees and lows in the low 40’s. Skies were a cobalt blue above and Edward Abbey red rock country below. Fantastic. It has become  an annual tradition to go to Arches the last weekend of October. So far we haven’t been let …

Sunday Afternoon

Had the day off and thought we should go for a drive and find a painting to do. Turns out I had one to do right off of our front deck. These bird feeders have been begging to be painted for some time and to day was the day. I used a beautiful walnut painting box from Open Box M …

Red Fish Lake

If you look back a couple of posts you’ll find where I went with my wife and another couple on an absolutely wonderful motorcycle ride up into the Sawtooth Recreational Area in Idaho this summer. As is always the case I’m on the lookout for material that will make a nice painting. Such was the case when we ventured down …

Old Hippies

Many of us come from an era in societies history when “hippies” were the new outrage. Ah yes, the 60’s. Well some haven’t outgrown the genre. I just finished this piece for a client who still believes in Love, Peace and Happiness…Make Love, Not War…Flower Children, etc. Prints and note cards are available from the world headquarters of Simpson Gallery …

An Old Smoking Stand

Been looking for an old smoking stand like I remember my grandpa had for his cigars back in the day. The one he actually had was similar to this one but the ash tray part had a glass tray with a rubber Firestone tire around it…or it may have been a Goodyear.  Don’t remember which exactly. For some reason I …

On the Road Again

Here’s a video link that says it better than I can type. Enjoy. Wish you were here. http://youtu.be/st2qRbuWenM

Sturgis

Yup! It’s that time of year again. Maybe you’ve noticed all of the motorcycles on the road the last couple of days. I’ve been hearing them go by the shop and it has been driving me nuts. Then it dawned on me…Sturgis. This time of year motorcyclists of all kinds head to Sturgis, SD for the biggest motorcycle rally on earth. …

I Could Do That!!!

Had to run up to Grand Junction on Saturday to the Harley dealer and get a few things. I pulled up and parked next to another bike and as my wife Kathy got off of the back of our bike I looked over at the neighboring motorcycle and the guy who was rummaging through some stuff in a pack on …