Tough cold winters I associate with gray broody skies. Winter Barn was just the opposite. Cool Cerulean skies, bright white snow and a crisp red barn seemed to carve high spirits right out of the [...]

The brightly lit water and shore were at odds with the dark forest. This presented a unique challenge in not only value control but edge definition as well. I tried to make the water [...]

The sun was really hitting an intense reflection. I wanted to see if that could be captured in oil paint. Vistas are especially challenging because the values have to be just right to have [...]

These falls were jewel like in their reflections. I was inspired by trying to recreate the sparkle of the falling water. While I could have used a common green throughout I chose instead to [...]

I’m always up for a painting challenge. This river was flowing away from me into the bright light. This presents the challenge of getting the varied edges and value changes just right. Purchase [...]

Straight forward, no-nonsense architecture has a strong design appeal. The underlying grid of the exterior had to carry the piece visually. My goals was to capture that with some paint application ingenuity that was [...]

This painting is all about design. The horizontal flow of the river, the round trees in the foreground and the segmented farm land all contributed. This was intriguing to me as an artist. [...]

This oil painting was derived from a quick snap shot out the window of my friend Chip’s car while going down the freeway to hike a trail in the Columbia gorge. My inspiration came [...]

I derive a certain amount of hope from the return of spring. Sometimes winter just seems to hang on. Painting snow in oil paint is rewarding when you can get the whites just right [...]