RAVEN IV

SOLD to a customer from Abbotsford BC

ACEO 3.5 x 2.5 inches, original acrylic. The worse the weather the more ravens my food tends to attract. But they do scare off the smaller birds...even the starlings who usually appear in great numbers..

RAVEN V

SOLD to a customer from Abbotsford BC

This recent snow really upset the ravens. They don't like landing in powder, but did ok on the street where the cars had driven. This morning they got a good breakfast of trout bones & fins. This is another ACEO 3.5 x 2.5 inch acrylic.

RAVEN II

SOLD to a customer from Brownsville, Texas

ACEO 3.5 x 2.5 inch acrylic painting of another raven. This fellow is yelling the "dinner's ready" call to his buddies.

RAVEN

SOLD to a customer from Abbotsford BC

I have never figured out whether these are ravens, crows, or blackbirds. A good title would be "Blackbird With Blueberry". They are ravenous (raven?) eaters & are particulary carnivorous. AND they are agressive. I feed them peanuts every day with my morning coffee. ACEO 2.5 x 3.5 inches acrylic. They leave the coffee alone, but do like the peanuts!

Abstract Floral

SOLD to a customer from Ontario, Canada

This is another ACEO 2.5 x 3.5 inch watercolor. This uses a negative painting technique. Until I get through the tax season I am only going to do these little guys.

On the Shady Side

ACEO original watercolor 3.5 x 2.5 inches

Where Grange Meets Range

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This 22x28" pastel was drawn from a quick photo I took very close to the Wyoming-Montana border. It was quite challenging to successfully render these extreme value variables in complementary colors. This won Best of Show at the Western Spirit Show in Cheyenne, Wyoming. This is framed in a gold/copper massive frame with museum board as a matting.

Limes ACEO Card

SOLD to a customer from Watsonville, CA

I thought I would make some ACEO cards with a left over piece of museum board. The cards are only 2.5" x 3.5". I am not used to painting this small, but it is rather fun. I hear that some people actually trade these with one another just like the old baseball cards.

House in Red & Blue

SOLD to a collector from Laramie, Wyoming

This small house originally faced Railroad Street and although the entryway was changed, the address remained the same. The 2 sides of the roof were at different levels and the gable over the addition to the porch a bit swayed, but the home was charming.

9x12" watercolor framed, golden wood.

The Sky's the Limit

SOLD to a collector from Laramie Wyoming

This is another example of one of Wyoming's vast SKYscapes. One of the main comments I hear from people visiting our area is the large amount of horizons that are visible. Pastel, 22x28"

Pioneer Snow Fence

SOLD to a collector from Laramie, Wyoming

This old turn-of-the-century snow fence is located on a county road about 15 miles west of Laramie, Wyoming. I pushed the envelope a bit on the colors, using vivid pinks, purples, and blues alongside more observational warm tones. This pastel on sandpaper measures 22x28".

Ranchman

SOLD to a collector from Laramie Wyoming

This was another 12x19" pastel drawn during a sketching session with a few friends. He came out looking a bit like James Arness, but I guess that's ok.

Cabellero

SOLD to a collector from Laramie Wyoming

We had a live model from Peru pose at a recent figure drawing session. This was my interpretation of this ethnically handsome individual. Portrait is 12x19" pastel done on charcoal paper.

Autumnal Spritz

Sold to a collector from South Dakota

12x9" watercolor in autumn shades and bordering between abstract and realistic treatment of the subject. This is displayed in a 16x20" mat.

Sitting on an Edsel

Collection of the Artist

This is a "protest" painting I did when a number of our friends' marriages were breaking up. The men are being distracted by the newer model and turning their backs & neglecting the used merchandise at home. The painting is done in oil & oil pastels and is 6x4 feet.

Ace Salvage III

SOLD to a collector from Laramie, Wyoming

This was the 3rd & final segment of a 12 foot triptych I drew with soft pastels on large sheets of BFK. I had originally done these junkyard scenes as metaphors of human existence. All the cars were once new & desirable, but these all became neglected shells waiting to be crushed & turned into rebar or flat rolled steel.

Ace Salvage II

SOLD to a collector from Laramie, Wyoming

This was the second pastel image created for the triptych I did of our junkyard. Total work measured over 12 feet long. I did this on large sheets of BFK.

Ace Salvage I

SOLD to a collector from Laramie, Wyoming

This was the first pastel of a triptych measuring about 12 feet across. We used to own this junkyard & I have always found old cars & buildings every bit as beautiful as the typical landscape.

Transmission Transition

Collection of the Artist

This started out as a rubbing from an automatic transmission. But it did not feel mechanical, more like worm-eaten organic material. So, this lithocrayon drawing evolved into these animated forms.

Stylized Sage

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I did this 22x28" pastel from a photograph taken on a dreary day in Wyoming. Because everything was grey & dimly lit, I let my imagination run wild. The cottonwood in the upper left is the average Joe's entry into the picture. The further forward, the more stylized the imagery & the colors become.