Crow / 5×5 in / oil on gessoboard / $100
purchase

This bird was walking around with his friend outside our car – and took a moment to look at me and my son while we were eating lunch. I think it’s a crow. I really like these birds….

Big Ship / 12×12 in / oil on stretched canvas / painted edges; ready to hang / $400

This is a scene as seen from a ferry out of Seattle.

Yellow Light / 6×6 in / oil on linen unframed /$150

I really liked the late afternoon yellow glow on this town. This scene reminded me of tuscan hillside paintings with all the roof tops, but with middle-American houses.

Red Barn / 6×8 in / oil on linen /

I love driving around rural farm areas, especially on beautiful overcast or foggy days. Lately my son and I have “chased the fog” a few mornings – where we see where the fog is and where it ends. Super fun stuff! This scene is between us and the rollerskating rink and bowling alley.

Tony Moffitt just wrote a review of my artwork on his Artist Blog Critique web site. Thank you Tony!

More landscape paintings are on my “Landscape” page.

Tree on the Edge / 6×6 / oil on linen / SOLD

We go by this house and tree when we drive the back way home. I thought the red tree with the faint treed mountain in the background was beautiful.

I got a couple great frames recently and am having fun with them. Here’s what it would look like framed.

Peach Tree / 6×6 in / oil on linen / $150

This is one of the many trees at the U-Pick farm. We went a few weeks ago, but the peaches weren’t ready yet… But my son got to ride a horse and a pony, so it was worth the drive.

I think this is one of my best paintings so far. I’m so happy with this little painting that I’m planning to do a really big one of the same subject.

Oncoming Traffic / 6 x 6 in / oil on linen / $150

With this painting I infused all of the colors with Cerulean Blue for color harmony. I’ve been trying out different color combinations lately, and with this one I didn’t use my ultramarine blue at all… I usually use that when I mix black, but for this painting, I think cerulean blue made a fine ‘black.’

I tried to get the effect of the car lights shining, and of atmospheric perspective on the tree-covered hill / mountain in the background…

Not Available / Riverfront Park / 5 x 7 in / oil on canvas board

This painting was the November newsletter giveaway! Congrats Rebecca!

Migration / 20×24 in / oil painting on canvas / $700 / Prints Available

The last couple weeks I worked intensely on Mother’s Day portraits, which I won’t publish until after Mother’s day (to keep the surprise). And now I am on vacation, and have only picked up my paint brush once… So I am posting a picture of a favorite of mine, “Migration”. When I get back to the studio, I am looking forward to working on my big painting of 10 kids playing. And then I will be painting some more birds!

Snow Cow / 9×12 in / oil on canvas / $400 framed

Hi everyone, I have been working on several portraits, and the one that is finished may show in the 20 under 40 show at Tinman gallery (Spokane) in Feb, so I’m keeping it un-posted…

Anyways, for a mental break from all that, I painted this cow standing in the snow. I loved the atmospheric effect of the scene, and the silhouette of this solitary cow. The colors of snow is my favorite part of this snowy winter…

As always, comments are appreciated.

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