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Inspired by the book, The Road Less Traveled, the path in this painting will take you to a place of calm and relaxation. Imagine walking along this path in the aspens, letting the sounds of nature clear your mind and rest your soul. Peaceful. Who knows where the path will lead you. It’s your decision. Take it and find out. …
While participating in the Escalante Arts Festival in September, 2016. Escalante I took a drive down the Smokey Mnt. dirt road and saw this rock feature on the way back. Any of the country in that part of Utah is special. Better know as the Escalante Grand Staircase National Monument is fairly remote and really wild. Beautiful desert rock formations …
This rock featured and wonderful old Juniper were right behind where I was camped during the Escalante Arts Festival in September 2016. I didn’t have to go far to paint his one. Escalante is a really special place. Any of the country in that part of Utah is special. Better know as the Escalante Grand Staircase National Monument is fairly …
These old corrals are just out of Escalante, Utah. I painted them during the Escalante Arts Festival in September 2016. Escalante is a really special place. Any of the country in that part of Utah is special. Better know as the Escalante Grand Staircase National Monument is fairly remote and really wild. Beautiful desert rock formations in ochre, red and …
Painted near the Catalina Mts. Tucson, AZ during the 2016 Plein Air Convention. This was a wonderful gathering of plein air arts from all over the country. The convention featured some great artist and vendors. I’ve always found the desert southwest a challenge to paint but this stately sauguaro begged to be painted. I used the wash it was in …
The Elkheart Cliffs run sort of North and South just in view east of Mt. Carmel, Utah. I did two paintings of the cliffs while participating in the Maynard Dixon Guest Campout hosted by Paul and Susan Bingham on the former Maynard Dixon property. This particular painting was done one morning just north of Mt. Carmel. The morning sun was …
The Elkheart Cliffs run sort of North and South just in view east of Mt. Carmel, Utah. I did two paintings of the cliffs while participating in the Maynard Dixon Guest Campout hosted by Paul and Susan Bingham on the former Maynard Dixon property. This particular painting was done one evening from the campground in Mt. Carmel. I just stepped …
Telluride Colorado is a winter wonderland. Heck Most of the Colorado high country is a Winter Wonderland. Who am I kidding. This is a scene looking upstream on the frozen Ingram Creek with Mt. Ajax in the background. I had dropped my son off to go snow boarding and I wandered around taking photos since it was too cold to …
Any place in the Colorado High Country can be a good place for trekking. This 20×30 oil painting depicts a solo high country trekker following a trail through some beautiful terrain in Yankee Boy Basin out of Ouray, Colorado. Summers can have dramatic skies and can be very unpredictable with associated weather. Often it doesn’t last long but it can be …
“Drama in the High Country” is the first of a series of paintings I am starting. Smaller plein air studies and photography will yield to larger more significant paintings done in the studio featuring the Colorado High Country, my backyard. The idea for these paintings was inspired by a video I watched in which Cory Trepanier, a Canadian artist, ventured into the …