Acrylic, 36"x48" onstretched canvas
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011
Painting in Progress
Sealed vine charcoal sketch with preliminary acrylic painting.
3x4 feet on stretched canvas
Friday, March 04, 2011
Summer Squall
Acrylic on canvas3x4 feet
I have always enjoyed the interplay of the flat lights and darks created on Wyoming's plains which are in stark contrast to the voluminous clouds above.
This painting may be purchased through Artisans' Gallery in Laramie, Wyoming. http://artisansgallery.net/
Friday, February 11, 2011
Work in Progress
Barring no unforeseen interruptions, I hope to finish this acrylic painting this weekend.
Acrylic, 36x48" on canvas
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Fantaflora 01-16
Watercolor
17x13 inches
SOLD
About This Painting:
Media: Watercolor
Size: 17 in X 13 in (43.2 cm X 33 cm)
Media: Watercolor
Size: 17 in X 13 in (43.2 cm X 33 cm)
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Shadow Study
In this scumbling demon-stration, I wanted to show how subtle colors could be added, and a very simple subject could become quite challenging. Oil on panel, 6x6".
Not for Sale
Friday, January 14, 2011
Complements
Complementary colors are those situated directly across from one another on the color wheel. Hence, the orange and blue serving as the complements.
Original oil on panel, 6x6" This has been matted in white and framed with gold metal 10x10"
Purchase: $125
Shipping: $9
Complements
About This Painting:
Media: Original oil on panel
Size: 6 in X 6 in (15.2 cm X 15.2 cm)
Price: $125 USD
How to Purchase:
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Fantaflora 11-10
Fantaflora 11-10
About This Painting:
Media: watercolor
Size: 17 in X 13 in (43.2 cm X 33 cm)
Price: $200 USD
How to Purchase:
Monday, January 10, 2011
Grape Nuts!
Original acrylic, 9x12 inches
This painting was created by randomly painting in the background, transferring print from our local newspaper, and finding some sort of shape inspiration out of the brush strokes.
Matted in white and surrounded by a 16x20 inch gold metal frame.
Purchase: $125
Shipping: $12
Grape Nuts
About This Painting:
Media: acrylic
Size: 12 in X 9 in (30.5 cm X 22.9 cm)
Price: $125 USD
How to Purchase:
Sunday, January 09, 2011
Dragonflies in the Spotlight
Original Watercolor, 17x13"
This painting was created as a demo for a class I taught. The challenge was to create a simple composition using analogous colors, warm & cool colors, and the creation of colored neutrals.
Purchase: $50
Shipping: $9
Dragonflies in the Spotlight
About This Painting:
Media: Watercolor
Size: 17 in X 13 in (43.2 cm X 33 cm)
Price: $50 USD
How to Purchase:
Saturday, January 08, 2011
Saran Forest
Original watercolor
13x15 inches
The bulk of this painting was created by pressing
plastic wrap over wet watercolor and allowing to dry. Trees were added afterwards to suggest the forest.
Purchase: $100
Shipping $9
Saran Forest
About This Painting:
Media: watercolor
Size: 13 in X 15 in (33 cm X 38.1 cm)
Price: $100 USD
How to Purchase:
Friday, January 07, 2011
Pinks and Purples
Pinks and Purples
About This Painting:
Media: watercolor
Size: 17 in X 13 in (43.2 cm X 33 cm)
Media: watercolor
Size: 17 in X 13 in (43.2 cm X 33 cm)
SOLD
Thursday, January 06, 2011
Stylized Sage
This drawing transforms from realism
on the upper left to abstract at the
right.
Pastel on sandpaper, 22x26"
Matted and framed to an overall
dimension of 39x31.5 inches.
Price: $750
Shipping: $100
Stylized Sage
About This Painting:
Media: Pastel on sandpaper
Size: 26 in X 22 in (66 cm X 55.9 cm)
Price: $750 USD
How to Purchase:
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Wyoming Sage
SOLD
This drawing is matted and framed for an overall size of 39x33.5 inches.
Price: $750
Shipping: $100
Wyoming Sage
About This Painting:
Media: Original pastel on sandpaper
Size: 26 in X 20 in (66 cm X 50.8 cm)
Price: $750 USD
Media: Original pastel on sandpaper
Size: 26 in X 20 in (66 cm X 50.8 cm)
Price: $750 USD
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Still Life with Shadows
About This Painting:
Media: original oil on panel, matted
and framed in gold metal 10x10".
Size: 6 in X 6 in (15.2 cm X 15.2 cm)
Price: $125 USD
How to Purchase:
Monday, January 03, 2011
Key Limes and Clementines
Original watercolor, 20x14"
matted in white with 22x28"
gold stained frame and fillet.
About This Painting:
Media: watercolor
Size: 20 in X 14 in (50.8 cm X 35.6 cm)
Price: $325 USD
How to Purchase:
Sunday, January 02, 2011
Boom!!!
Original Acrylic, 9x12"
double matted in white,
gold metal frame, 16x20".
Most wording was transferred
from our local newspaper, The Daily
Boomerang, in Laramie, WY.
Price:$125
Shipping: $12
How to Purchase:
Saturday, January 01, 2011
Sugared Fruit
Original watercolor, 13x17 Inches on 140# paper
using a negative painting technique to develop the background and push the foreground forward.
$100 purchase price
shipping $9.00
How to Purchase:
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Where Grange Meets Range
Pastel, 22x28" on sandpaper. This was interesting to me because of the complementary hues, the opposing textures, and the wonderful display of nature reclaiming its space.
SOLD to a customer from Laramie, Wyoming
Monday, October 04, 2010
Contemplative (Detail)
Our little life drawing group was finally able to get together again this afternoon. Here is a detail of the 22x26" pastel I drew.
Saturday, June 05, 2010
Jessie
Watercolor, 11x15". This was painted directly from a live model. Several of us try to meet once a month and we chip in together to pay the modeling fees.
Sunday, May 09, 2010
Detail, Composition III
This acrylic painting incorporates an image of Sherman and the Laramie River. The entire composition was a group of 9 small paintings clustered together. This was the largest of the group measuring 30x40" SOLD to a collector from Cheyenne, WY
Grand Mesa Spring
I drove through this area in the early Spring and was delighted to find the aspen trees colored in lavendars and light greens. Pastel, 22x26" SOLD to a collector from New York.
Clown Bar & Lounge
This abandoned structure in Bosler was a local hotspot years ago. All that is left of a once colorful past are the multicolored exterior walls.
Pastel, 22x26" SOLD to a collector from Sacramento, CA
Mid-Morning on Hwy 30
The linear perspective created by the highway and the fenceline activates an otherwise passive scene. This was purchased by the Wyoming State Museum. Pastel, 22x26" I was proud to see this displayed above the Governor's desk in the Wyoming State Capitol Building. SOLD to the State of Wyoming, Purchase Award
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Goddess of the Rockies
This is an acrylic portrait that never sold while the painting was entitled "Am I Blue?" But sold immediately when I renamed the painting "Goddess of the Rockies". 30x40" acrylic
SOLD to a collector from Laramie, Wyoming
Saturday, April 03, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Blonde
I saw this image in a magazine and thought I would experiment with soft pastels as a water medium followed by a normal pastel application.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
March Still Life 2
This still life employs several techniques including scumbling, pointillism, and on the red can the use of crushed paper to transfer the floral pattern onto the red followed by colored glazing.
Acrylic 12x16" on canvas
SOLD to a collector from McMinnville, Oregon
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
March Still Life 1
This acrylic has been done with an imprematura layer, a series of under-paintings, scumbling and glazing techniques.
Acrylic 12x16" on canvas
Sunday, February 07, 2010
Reverberation
This painting initiated by placing blobs of intense watercolors on a wet page & allowing said colors to dry. After the first colors dried I painted in negative spacial areas followed by transparent color overlays for an echoing of shapes and colors. SOLD to a customer from Albany, NY
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Benched
Acrylic, 11x15" on primed paper. SOLD to a customer from Laramie, WY. This painting initiated with a live modeling session. Using my original painting as a reference, I abstracted parts of the pose and added the extremely linear and 2-D bench.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Fuchsia Nude
Self Portraits can always be intimidating. I have always loved vibrant colors and this small pastel is no exception.
pastel, 10x13" on sandpaper NFS
Summer Hat
Each month members of our local art guild have a model pose for 3 hours. This was an acrylic painting I did from this observational exercise.acrylic 18x24" on canvas SOLD
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Sage Subdivisions
30x40" acrylic This painting was inspired by a trip to Saratoga, Wyoming. Subdivisions which provided water were lush and green.
SOLD to a customer from Laramie, WY.
A Dgree of Normality
30x40" acrylic This painting is based on direct observation. I intensified the colors when I returned to the studio and made a bit of color vibration with the outlines.
This painting was just accepted into the Wyoming Governor's Capitol Art Exhibit. SOLD Recipient of a purchase award from the State of Wyoming.
Homage to Chuck
20x26" acrylic SOLD to a customer from Texas. I enjoyed painting this "digitalized" still life. I worked thoughout the night and finished it at dawn!
Saturday, November 21, 2009
November Negative
16x20" watercolor Wet on wet technique is used with blossom colors to initiate the floral design. Negative painting technique follows using predominantly green to suggest foliage.
SOLD University of Wyoming
Department of Education
SOLD University of Wyoming
Department of Education
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Chef
A small group of artists gets together once a month to work from a live model. We chose to have this man dress in a chef's costume and this was my resultant watercolor sketch.
Watercolor, 15x20"
Friday, July 17, 2009
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Old Warrior
4"x6" image, acrylic on gessoed matboard, includes a 2" dark brown wooden frameSOLD to a collector from Albuquerque, NM
Saturday, July 04, 2009
Model with Boa
16x20" acrylic This portrait from a live model was an experiment with Open Acrylics to test their workability. SOLD
Monday, June 29, 2009
Rising Phoenix
This began as an abstract landscape. I added the little girl's portrait which I got
from an art instruction book. I also added a few stencils. I think the additions were an improvement. 30"x40" acrylic on canvas
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Dreaming of Jamaica
Our local art guild had an extremely handsome man from Jamaica pose for us and he wore the colors of his national flag. I used these as inspiration for his portrait study.
Acrylic 16x20" on paper
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Parabolic Interstate
Acrylic, 20x30" SOLD
I have always loved the colors of shadows on snow. The serpentine roadways juxtapositioned with the open range and the strong horizontal emphasis of land and sky define Wyoming for me.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
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