Wyoming Spring

Acrylic 15x30" on canvas, SOLD to a customer from Louisville, KY

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.

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

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!

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

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"

Fantaflora 096

6x9" watercolor This is produced by using a negative painting technique.

Old Warrior

4"x6" image, acrylic on gessoed matboard, includes a 2" dark brown wooden frame

SOLD to a collector from Albuquerque, NM

Model with Boa

16x20" acrylic This portrait from a live model was an experiment with Open Acrylics to test their workability. SOLD

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

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

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.

Abstract 05

16x20" acrylic on canvas

Abstract 01

12x12" acrylic

Just thought I would try something a bit different from my norm.

Nowhere to Hide

This is the final version after many adjustments. Original pastel, 20x26" on sandpaper

Sans Black

Original Pastel, 10x13" on grey Canson paper

Portrait Study with Fedora

20x26" pastel on paper

I did this as a demonstration for one of my drawing classes. Colors are built up gradually starting with large areas first. The shadow across the face adds drama.