With my palette knife in hand, this 8×8 painting came along quickly, but in a different way. Traditionally, one adds paint to canvas with the dull, spatula-like painting knife. With …
Sunflowers 2023
Life happened and I missed the rhododendrons at Roan Mountain State Park this year. Then I missed mother nature’s fireworks show of flame azaleas on Gregory’s Bald. But, thanks to …
Spring Break at Big Tater Valley Schoolhouse
Plein air artists usually paint in their own way, with reference to time, place and subject. Occasionally a wild card will be thrown into the mix. This spring, in the …
Clouded View
When experiencing the huge vastness of the earth, it is common to capture it all with one giant scene, one huge photo. Grand vistas make beautiful images and I love …
Synchronicity
Painting this took me back to the slow summer nights of my youth, playing late into the night. Catching lightning bugs, we imprisoned them in peanut butter jars oxygenated with …
T.A. Moulton Barn
The T.A. Moulton barn, with the Teton Range in the background, is one of the most recognizable and photographed spots in the National Park system. On what is called Mormon …
Gated community
This much-used tubular livestock gate has seen a lot of visitors. Looking like a regular farm gate, it is beat up, rusted and still bears some original red paint. Doing …
Sacred Junipers
Recently I returned from another adventure of a lifetime, traveling to the mountains of Northern India in search of the elusive Ghost Cat of the Himalaya, the Snow Leopard. These …