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Hills of Home

16 x 20

acrylic on canvas

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Often I take sketches and notes from just outside our home. A lot of seasonal changes occur right under my nose, and I find that they occur so often, I could paint them forever and not run out of subjects. This particular scene, is the result of a moody weather front that moved in from the mountains, and contrasted nicely with the autumn maples and aspens. I love when that happens. Moody weather has a personality all of its own, and I try to catch it upon the canvas.

It's been a very busy summer, and now its fall. The time has flown by, and I never seem to be able to keep up with it all, .. like don't forget to keep in touch with everyone, in not only my blog, but my tweets on Twitter, and my facebook pages. Hopefully, I can and I will.

I have been painting, a lot, and there is a lot to be said about what I am doing. I'm overdue on posting my new works, and hope to catch up.

That said, I'm now heading back to the easel to work on a painting from a sketch that I did recently outside in the invigorating autumn air.

More on this later. I will attempt to make a more regular visit to my site with my newer works and thoughts. Until later. I will be back.

Among the Colored Earth

16 x 20

acrylic on canvas

------------------------------This painting is one of the first in the return of my western art theme. During my life in the west, I executed a large body of works devoted to the landscapes and history or the west and southwest.

Having lived in Colorado, both in the plains, and mountains, I became very familiar with the western landscape and it history and peoples, including the Native Americans. I sketched and painted from the wealth of the Rocky Mountains and the expansive prairies that surrounded me. I became fascinated with the history of Colorado's settlement during the 1800's and the American Indians that called it home. The Ute, the Cheyenne, the Arapahoe, and the Pawnee.
I attended many historical recreations, including the mountain man rendezvous, and the Indian Pow Wows where I sold and traded my art and artifact reproductions. I also had many one person exhibitions and my paintings were carried in local and regional galleries and fine retail outlets in Colorado Springs, Denver, Manitou Springs, Cripple Creek, and Woodland Park, Colorado to name a few.
These works that I am doing now, are a tribute to my western life that I lived there during that period in the 80's.~ I hope you like them.

Somewhere in the Keys

Acrylic on paper

11x14

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My mind wanders to warm waters and a soothing breeze more often than not. That is all I need to paint a scene like this. Because I am familiar with this type of surroundings, growing up with a family that spent a lot of time is warm waters, I know the layout of the scene. Its just a matter of purging it in paint.

Mountain Lake in the North Woods

16 x 20

acrylic on canvas

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Growing up my family did a lot of camping. Sometimes we would spend weeks out in the great outdoors, canoeing, sailing, fishing, and hiking.

One of my favorite memories is the places we would camp in the northern Adirondack mountains. The smell of pine and the sound of the loon, is still fresh in my mind. This painting, is a tribute to that memory. I think the boat is waiting for me to get back in and do it all again.