Llangollen Reflections (watercolor 17 x 23) available
I took the reference photo I used for this painting on the Llangollen Canal, from our narrowboat rental. But it could be still water and trees, just about anywhere.
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May 14, 2021 2:49 pm
April 28, 2021 4:27 pm
Just Below the Hilltop (watercolor 14 x 18) available.
Another view of Sprague Trail. The woods there are so light, since the icestorm of 2021 thinned the forest.
4:15 pm
Forest Archway (watercolor 14 x 18) available
Another painting of the woods below our house.
4:00 pm
Doorway to the Sky (watercolor 14 x 18) available
Having just finished a southwestern commission, I was tempted by yet another pueblo painting.
April 15, 2021 10:58 am
The Standing and the Fallen (16 x 23 watercolor) available.
This Spring Salem, Oregon had back to back ice storms leading to many downed trees and branches. While I mourn many of the trees lost, nature’s thinning does have it’s compensations. One of those is that woods around our house, are an entirely new place, while still remaining beautiful. This lit up hillside was dark, tangled, and mossy just months ago. Now it is bright and open.
March 16, 2021 4:37 pm
Foxgloves (12 x 15 India Ink) available
Yes I have a visual mind and yes the results can be silly.
4:19 pm
Canadian Brass Geese (11 x 14 India Ink) available
Horn-Necked Goose (12 x 15 India Ink) available
I hear the sound of geese returning and I imagine something like these.
3:56 pm
I Keep Him in My Heart (9 x 12 India ink) available
February 10, 2021 12:41 pm
Beginning to Melt (15 x 22) available
One more painting of Croisan Creek Trail. This time after bit of snow.
12:26 pm
Green Traveler or Silver Back (India Ink 11 x 14) available
We say turtles and tortoises, carry their homes on their backs. In this case, the home is a travel trailer. Don’t ask me why he decided to take on a tree as a passenger, it was just meant to be. I think they are very happy together and headed for adventures.
11:55 am
Bird Brain (India Ink 14 x 16) available
I have a very visual mind. When someone says “bird brain,” I’m apt to see something like this. But I particularly liked this visual pun, because it hints at the intelligence of birds, which is often as great or greater than mammals with similar lifestyles. Ironically, owls are not particularly bright birds, but crows, hawks, and ravens are.
February 9, 2021 5:45 pm
Urban Chimera (India Ink 19 x 16) Available.
I think of this as a chimera, but given all of the city equipment, I guess he’s a little bit of a cyborg too.
5:23 pm
Canine Nemesis (Technical Pen 12 x 12) Available
Our dog thinks the vacuum cleaner is public enemy number one. This is how I think she sees it.
November 23, 2020 5:22 pm
The Mossy Grove (watercolor 14 x 19) available.
This is my favorite part of Skyline trail, where all of the trees are bearded with moss.
November 17, 2020 3:01 pm
Into the Woods (watercolor 13 x 20) available
Another painting of the woods below Sprague Highschool, and another one of our favorite walks.
2:49 pm
On the Rocks (watercolor 17 x 23) available
Yet another painting from our favorite local hike, Opal Creek, Oregon. There are just so many standout views on this hike.
2:30 pm
Painted Vista (watercolor 6 x 13) available
During the pandemic I’ve been spending time traveling through my extensive collection photo files. The reference photos for this painting go all the way back to a Southwestern odyssey we made in 2013. This vista is from Painted Desert National Park in Arizona not far from the visitor center.
October 17, 2020 6:23 pm
Chimney Rock (watercolor 9 x 12) available
Tooth, Badlands National Park (watercolor 9 x 12) available
This paintings reach far back into my photo file to an auto trip from Nebraska home to Oregon some ten years ago. These two paintings are of little outcrops in Badlands National Park, South Dakota.
6:02 pm
5:50 pm
Dry Meadow (watercolor 14 x 19) available
It got pretty dry on our walks under Sprague this summer. The dryness has it’s own beauty.
August 7, 2020 1:41 pm
The Covid Line (watercolor 16 x 23) Available
Our laundry now sports multiple face coverings for protecting self and others during the Covid 19 pandemic. Like all laundry, it’s at least pretty on the line
1:25 pm
Back-Lit Bramble (watercolor 16 x 23) Available
We aren’t going much of anywhere this summer due to Covid-19. Lucky for us, nearby Croisen Scenic Trail provides endless scenic fodder. This particular scene, is in the less trafficked part of the trail below Sprague High School.
July 12, 2020 6:34 pm
6:18 pm
In my Cumulus Balloon (13 x 15 pen and ink) available
I’ve always wanted to float on the clouds.
5:53 pm
Tree Pose: Root Your Foot Down (pen and ink 11 x 18) available
In many standing yoga poses the instructions are to root down through your standing leg. That seems particularly fitting for tree pose.
June 2, 2020 5:42 pm
Needled by Ravens (India ink 13 x 15) available
A second ink drawing of a pine tree with raven needles. This time a used gnarled and twisted old Ponderosa Pine from the edge of the Grand Canyon as a model.
May 10, 2020 3:11 pm
Park Giant (watercolor 17 x 23) Available
Portrait of an imposing pine tree in the Salem, Oregon Pioneer Cemetery.
2:54 pm
Orange and Blue Mesa (alcohol ink 5 x 7) $50.00
A little painting of a fantasy mesa.
April 24, 2020 10:18 am
Dappled Spring Trail (watercolor 16 x 23) Sold
Dappled Spring Trail II (watercolor 13 x 21) Available
Two sunny spring views, of the trial below our house in Salem, Oregon. Croisan Creek Trail, is an endless source of inspiration. During the current shelter in place orders, it is even more valuable as an escape.
9:34 am
Harbor Abstract II (17 x 23 watercolor) Available
A harbor existing only in my teeming brain.
9:16 am
Stone-Drop Before the Bridge (watercolor 13 x 18) Available
Water is ever fascinating. This time it is the ripple pattern caused by a stone landing the the Llangollen Canal, in Shropshire, England that caught my eye.
January 31, 2020 12:21 pm
Lithe Birch (watercolor 13 x 19) available
An upwards look at a graceful birch.
12:10 pm
Looking Up Cologne (watercolor 10 x 14) available
The tower leading up to Cologne Cathedral’s tower is uniquely lit with multiple windows. Here is my take on the view up to the bells.
January 11, 2020 3:39 pm
Harbor Abstract I (watercolor 15 x 19) Available
The abstract harbor view contains reference material from Wales, to Oregon, British Columbia, to Washington State. Prints are available here.
3:27 pm
Barcelona Night (watercolor 13 x 19) Available
Barcelona in January. Even after midnight the streets still bustle. Prints available here.
3:15 pm
Fall Light on Croisen Trail (watercolor 12 x 19) Available
Another view of the hill below our house. Prints are available here.
January 1, 2020 5:20 pm
November 22, 2019 4:32 pm
The Bridge in Our Wake (watercolor 15 x 19) Available
This is the beautifully rural Llangollen Canal, near Llangollen, Wales. As you can see from the wake, I took the reference photos for this painting looking back over the stern of our little narrowboat. To be ridiculously specific, this Bridge 36W looking back towards Trevor Basin on the last leg of our journey to Llangollen itself. Its idyllic up there.
Prints are available here.
November 4, 2019 6:26 pm
The Bones of Dinas Bran (watercolor 19 x 23) Available
This is bits and pieces of what’s left of Castell Dinas Bran, sometimes referred to as Crow’s Fortress or Crow Castle. The castle was probably built sometime in the 1260s by Gruffydd II ap Madog, making it the only Welsh Castle we visited to actually have been built by the Welsh. The castle is now an evocative ruin perched on the hilltop above Llangollen.
We walked a mile or so up to see it after having moored within sight of it the night before. It’s a powerful sight whether seen from above or below.
Purchase fine art prints here.
October 28, 2019 5:05 pm
Moored Garden (watercolor 17 x 23) available
Another painting from our narrowboating trip on the Llangollen. This time there’s actually a narrowboat in the painting, not to mention the canal itself. I took the reference photo for this painting not far from Ellesmere.
Prints are available here.
