"Wind walking through a wheat field"8x6" oil/canvas panelHeres a little study I did this morning to loosen things up. I'm kind of stuck in "research mode" right now, reading up on costuming of the mid 19th century - in this case, calvary uniforms....
"The Sprite" 8 x 6" oil/canvas panel - soldThis past week has been a blur for me. Sometime on Christmas Eve I picked up a flu virus from somewhere and ended up flat on my back for about 6 days. Not Good. I mean,...
"Cow Horse"8 x 8 oil/canvas mounted on masonite - sold...
8 x 6 oil/canvas panel - soldThis is the fourth piece in this small series of paintings I'm doing just from my imagination. The theme behind these seems to have an underlying Depression era feel. Sort of, Thomas Hart Benton meets Tom Joad....
As I had mentioned my "Soft Place to Land" is getting a real workout. But after several days of just staring at it, thinking the solution would come to me, I decided to get busy and really find out what went wrong.It seems that the...
"White Rose - Pink Carnation"10 x 8 oil/canvas soldSo my large painting "A Soft Place to Land" is giving me fits. Lets face it, some paintings fall off the brush, while others need to be wrestled to the ground. So as a diversion, while I work out...
Heres one of the larger paintings I'm working on for entry in the upcoming C.M. Russell Western Art Auction. Its a take on "A Soft Place to Land", a painting I did this past April. This one will be a bit less stylistic then that...
8 x 6" Cowgirl in Umber - Study IIFor purchase information click here. I did this little sketch with Burnt Umber and Titanium White. I like it better than the one from yesterday, especially her pose....
16 x 12 oil/canvas panelI did this sketch today with just some Burnt Umber and Ultra Marine Blue. The white is the gesso showing through. I like to do these now and then, just for something different. Its like doing a charcoal drawing, only in...
12 x 16" oil/canvas panelFor purchase information click here.I'm off tomorrow for Idaho to attend the Western Regional Oil Painter's of America show in Coeur d'Alene. The opening reception is Friday September 12th, at Devin Galleries and will run through October 11th. If you are...