The Ironwood Tree

The Ironwood Tree stands tall and proud as she offers a home to two small California swallows. This unique painting was created on a wooden box frame. Both the tree and the swallows are delicately cut out of half inch birch plywood which have been painted and then...

Winter Crow

The only birds that seem to be hanging around Helena these days are the crows. I must say that they are some of the feistiest creatures I have ever observed. They are also some of nature’s most playful and humorous birds. As an artist I enjoy looking at their...

Autumn Ciffs

Autumn Cliffs is a practice painting for a larger painting I will be doing. I have been challenging myself to work with sky, water and land. I find it fascinating to see how light inter plays on all three thus creating a myriad of shadows and highlights. If your...

Summer Wheat #3

I just finished this semi abstract painting, Summer Wheat #3, for a wonderful artist who lives in Maine, Dixie Redmond. Dixie is a highly skilled and diligent artist. She loves making dolls but she is also a painter. Her created works emanate with a simplicity and...

KC Willis Marketing Mindset

I want to take a break from my regular art posting to tell you about a wonderful artist, colleague and teacher, her name is KC Willis of Boulder Colorado.KC. is a woman with true artistic style. She has a passion for the women of the early west, Annie Oakley, Sadie...