This painting, a throwback to my cowboy days, is of a good friend of mine who is dead now. He was a cowboy’s cowboy and a fine man.
Lightening Struck
This is a plein air painting I did on the Uncompahgre Plateau just west of where I live in Western Colorado. As I often do, I was camping up on the plateau over the 4th of July and caught this old lightening struck snag just as the morning sun shone through rain clouds and lit it up. The firey core …
Summer Aspens
Colorado has some of the best aspen groves there are and I’m fortunate to live in close proximity to some of the best of the best. The texture of the bark and the little “eyes” to their towering stature are a couple of the characteristics that make them so attractive. Of course nothing beats the fall colored aspens but I …
Alaska
In the summer of 2014 I rode my motorcycle to Alaska. You can read the daily posts on the blog portion of this website. Shortly after entering the state of Alaska I came across this view and felt it typified what I was expecting Alaska to be. A trip of a lifetime for sure. This 24 x 36 oil is framed …
Aspen Glow
Anyone who has ever walked in an aspen grove will remember the experience the remainder of their life. Walking through an aspen grove in full fall color is almost beyond comprehension. One can not put the experience into words. They say a picture is worth a thousand words so this is the closest I can come to actually being there. …