Local Rural, oil on canvas, 20×42
Local Rural, oil on canvas, 20x42 Sometimes the most paintable views are right around the corner. Local Rural was a fall view not far from my studio. I was [...]
Easy Way Out, oil on canvas, 11×14
Easy Way Out, oil on canvas, 11x14 I’m always drawn to the play of light across a pastoral scene. In this particular landscape, I was intrigued by the perpendicular [...]
Drive Sentinels, oil on canvas, 11×14
Drive Sentinels, oil on canvas, 11x14 Strong compositional design drew my attention to this view of a tree-lined drive. The trees create a wedge shape that seems to push [...]
Farm Pond, oil on canvas, 20×40
Farm Pond, oil on canvas, 20x40 In my travels on the back roads near my home I’m always on the watch for unique farms or engaging countryside views. Farm [...]
Getting Back Late, oil on canvas, 20×40
Getting Back Late, oil on canvas, 20x40 I was coming back from the mountains after a day of hiking. This view was arresting because I was tired and was [...]
Late Lapse, oil on canvas, 20×30
Late Lapse, oil on canvas, 20x30 I like bands of shadow that cross the plane of a picture, and I usually find it in hedge rows, lines of trees [...]
Somewhere in Idaho, oil on canvas, 28×30
Somewhere in Idaho, oil on canvas, 28x30 A single road heads into the mountain beneath a sky of contrasts, from vivid blue skies to clumpy clouds to moody shadows. [...]
Waves of Grass, oil on canvas, 9×18
Waves of Grass, oil on canvas, 9x18 Sometimes I paint snippets of the landscape where something may be going on that’s worth recording. Waves of Grass is one of [...]
Last of the Light, oil on canvas, 18×28
Last of the Light, oil on canvas, 18x28 This painting, Last of the Light, provided a tough painting challenge because of its dramatic clouds at dusk over a local [...]
Whole Lotta Barn, oil on canvas, 20×40
Whole Lotta Barn, oil on canvas, 20x40 I painted this farm building scene because it seemed to personify the classic American rural landscape on steroids with ten or more [...]