Oil Painting
18 x 36 inches

A late-afternoon scene in New Mexico, on the way from Amarillo to Tucumcari.  There was just a little piece of bright sky at the horizon, which is why I painted this. 

Oil Painting, 12 x 9 inches

This painting of an evergreen tree will be one of 3 paintings I have in the Miniature Masterpieces show at Evergreen Fine Art in Evergreen, Colorado.  For those of you in Colorado, the opening reception will be this Friday November 20 from 5 - 8 pm, and I plan to be there.

In other news, we have now moved home and studio into the city of Denver.  We are in the Park Hill neighborhood, a great walking community built mostly in the 1920's and 1930's.  We have great access to all that Denver has to offer, but for a city neighborhood it's still fairly quiet.  We miss our mountain views but are excited to be in town, and the mountains aren't that far away when we need a visit.

I sacrificed a lot of painting time over the summer as we unpacked boxes and shifted furniture.  But most things are in place now and I am back on a good painting schedule.

Oil Painting, 16 x 20 inches.

We have had a lot of rain lately in Colorado, and for the past week I have tried to honor Mother Nature's decision with some rainy-day scenes.  It's an interesting change from my usual sunny-day paintings.  The colors have to be different (largely cooler), and edges in many areas need to soften quite a bit.  The challenge and fun of it all is to get the painting to express something about what kind of day it was.

This is a scene in the autumn in Washington DC. 

Oil Painting, 24 x 36 inches
An autumn scene in the San Luis Valley in southern Colorado.

This painting and at least 20 others can be seen at my upcoming show at Evergreen Fine Art in Evergreen, Colorado.  The opening reception will be Saturday March 7 from 2 - 5 pm and the show will be up through March 28.

In the show I will be bringing my painting style to scenes of life in the West, and it is accordingly titled "A Western Life".  Some of the paintings (like this one) are of scenes that could have taken place 100 years ago, while others clearly evoke the West of today.  One of my favorite things to paint is the human figure in the context of a larger landscape or scene, and many of the paintings will do this.  Those who know my work know of my fondness for strongly-lit daytime scenes...there will be some here, but I will also be exploring other lighting situations including night scenes.

And that's probably enough said for the moment.  If you're in the area I hope you'll have an opportunity to stop by at the reception or at least see the show.  More information about the gallery can be found at www.evergreenfineart.com

 

Oil Painting
14 x 18 inches

A group of skaters on a lake in Colorado.