This is my small works painting that is going off to Moss Norway for the David Sandum art charity. The benefit has captured the attention of artists worldwide and the media as well. I send my congratulations and best wishes to David for a successful endeavor. http://davidsandumart.posterous.com/call-for-artists-twitter-art-exhibit-in-moss

The Path to Robert Frost's House

16x20

acrylic on canvas

___________________As I was heading home from a visit to nice gallery in Vermont, I stopped along the way to visit the grounds and homestead of Robert Frost, the beloved American poet. I walked in his woods, and took with me, a few sketches of the surroundings. This is my painting of that visitation.http://artofday.com/wordpress

I've been honored with appearing on this great site as a featured artist. Take a look and see what its all about! -> http://artofday.com/wordpress/?p=2216

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.