Cambria

Cambria

acrylic on canvas

16"x20"

$150 + shipping (contact)

The beach at Cambria, CA is probably one of the most beautiful places in the world. I remember feeling like I was in a Mediterranean hillside when I was driving there.

Big Sky Storm - SOLD

Big Sky Storm

acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas

24" x 30"

SOLD

I love the scenery on the outskirts of Billings. I've found that I sometimes feel almost claustrophobic in Washington (despite the state's incredible beauty), since I'm so used to the plains of eastern Montana. I can really breathe out here. I also love these Montana storms: they roll in with big beautiful clouds and thunder and lightening, and the rain smells so refreshing. I really miss my Montana storms when I'm in western Washington where the rain is more like a fine mist.


I mostly used palette knives on this painting. The sides are all painted as well (illustrated in the second photo above), so the painting comes ready to hang unframed. You can click on the first photo to see a larger version of the photo that better reveals the textures and the colors.

Let It Be - NFS

Let It Be

acrylic on canvas

30" x 20"

not for sale

After taking a break from this painting one day, I discovered that I liked the unfinished look of it so much that I decided to leave it alone and consider it done. It's based on Richard Avedon's famous photos of The Beatles.

More art will be forthcoming. I'm sorry for my neglect of this blog, but the past several months have been intensely challenging to say the least. Updates will probably continue to be sporadic for awhile, so please bear with me. I have a number of semi-finished pieces that I hope to upload soon.

Portrait of a Lady - NFS

Portrait of a Lady

acrylic on canvas board

9" x 12"

not for sale

This is based on a photo of my mother as a baby, playing in the fields at her grandparents' farm in Wisconsin.

Oldies but Goldies

Oldies but Goldies

oil pastel on medium weight textured paper

9" x 12"

$30 + shipping (contact)

After a bit of an unplanned hiatus, I'm back, with more art forthcoming.

I bought a set of oil pastels and decided to experiment with them. I've also been listening a lot lately to an oldies radio station - a true oldies station, none of the generic ClearChannel, new-format stuff. Listening to oldies and painting this floral, vintage-esque porcelain bird was really a lot of fun.

Spring - SOLD

Spring

acrylic on canvas board

9"x12"

SOLD

Just another quick experiment with palette knives and thick paint, this time of a field out in the Snoqualmie Valley.

Homeland - SOLD

Homeland

acrylic on canvas board

9"x12"

SOLD

I decided to experiment by using only palette knives for this one and forbidding myself to touch a paintbrush. I have a lot of fun smearing color on canvas with palette knives (like I did with the backgrounds for "Penelope" and "Shine"), but using them on such a smale scale as this canvas board was a bit difficult. I think I'll be doing more like this but on larger supports.

At any rate, this image is another that comes from my memories of the outskirts of Billings. For being the biggest city in Montana, it has a lot of rural life left in it. Being out in the mountains of Washington (despite their beauty) makes me miss these familiar plains.