Adobe Gate

This is a watercolor I painted on location in Santa Fe, NM a couple of years ago while there for an art show. Santa Fe. What can I say. It is such an artist paradise what with all of the old adobe structures and the rich history not to mention the fabulous art galleries.

Painting "en plein aire" is such a joy and what a wonderful place to do it. The shadows cast across this adobe wall and the entrance gate was too much to pass up.

This watercolor is double matted in acid free white mat with an acid free backing. The image size is 9x12 and with the matting will fit into a 14x18 ready made frame. The painting is for sale at my studio.

Navajo Nation

I was headed to Tucson, AZ one winter for a show and was on the highway between Shiprock, NM and Gallup, NM when I came across this scene on the Navajo Reservation. The colors of the red butte and white and blue shadows of the snow caught my eye so I pulled over and did the painting on the spot. Because it was winter and cold outside I did the painting from inside my pickup, through the windshield, which I have done many times when the weather wasn't conducive for b eing outside. It is for sale at auction. You can go there by clicking here.



Sidewalk Cafe

Bougainvillea vines are my favorite. The brilliant red color makes for a great watercolor. This scene is of a sidewalk cafe in SoCal. I did the painting a couple of years ago from a phot I took of the cafe. The place was very inviting. Everytime I see this painting I want to go there and have lunch.

I really like painting watercolors. There are certain effects I can get with watercolor that just aren't possible with oils This painting is double matted in white and will fit nicely into an 11x14 ready made frame. This painting has SOLD! Thanks.

Escalante Colors

Here's something that is a little different than what I've been posting, different in that this is a watercolor. I paint a lot of watercolors. I love them. There are certain effects I can get in watercolor that I just can't achieve in oils. There is a translucent quality to watercolor that make them unique. Additionally, watercolor can be rather spontaneuos and unpredictable which makes the whole painting process, shall we say, interesting. Sometimes you never know what you are going to get.

What is also different about this watercolor is that it is varnished. That is to say there is a protective finish that has been applied thereby protecting the painting without the need for glass. The painting was done on an arches paper and then mounted on a lightweight panel and varnished. It can be framed as is or matted and glassed in the traditional manner.

This is a plein air watercolor I did near Escalante, Utah a couple of years ago. I love it over there. Very wild uninhabitated country. Perhaps the wildest and least populated in the lower 48. Brutal country if you aren't careful. Anyway, when painting plein air with watercolor, great things can happen. Because of the nature of the medium and the fact that one isn't looking at or painting a static situation, the light, wind, sun, bugs, etc. the result is a visceral reaction. This painting is for sale at the gallery. Please contact me if you are interested.

Grand Wash

This is a great little red rock oil I just did in the studio. It has a little of everything that I enjoy about painting in oils, from thin washes in the wall on the left to thicker paint in the clouds. It was a fun little painting. The reference I used was a watercolor that I did on location a couple of years ago. That's the best way to do it, on locaton, but in lieu of that, painting from a study, as in this case, works fine.

The scene is of the entrance to Grand Wash over in Capitol Reef National Park in Utah. It is a favorite place to go paint. Part of Capitol Reef NP is the site of an early Morman settlement. The fruit orchards that were established still exist and the public is invited to partake of the bounty for a small donation you can leave in the can at the gate.

This little oil can be purchased at auction. Click here for more information. Thanks for looking.

Fruita Canyon

This little oil painting was done from a watercolor sketch I did on location one morning at the Colorado National Monument. I was on location early that morning with the sun just coming up. I remember it was quite chilly with frost in the shadows. It sure felt good as the sun got higher and higher.

I really enjoy painting the desert southwest red rock features. The is so much character in the rocks. The Colorado National Monument is a special place because of these features and it is not far and easily accessible. This painting SOLD!

Waiting...

Another of my cowboy series, this painting is of a good friend of mine who is dead now. He was a cowboy's cowboy, a true gentleman and a good friend. He had a unique way of sitting on a horse, especially when motionless as here. Sitting, waiting, perhaps for the day to warm, or maybe just surveying his domain. This painting has sold. Thank you.