Illuminated Poppies

Illuminated Poppies

oil pastel on paper

10"x8" matted to 14"x11" frame

$75 + shipping (contact)

This one is up at the Staggering Ox now to replace a sold piece. I love the way light shines through poppy petals.

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Wild Roses

Wild Roses
oil pastel on paper
8"x10" matted to 11"x14" frame
$80 + shipping (contact)

I love wild roses - they are my favorite flower and have such a wonderful scent. My mother always loved them too, and they just naturally sprang up all over our yard with the native flowers & seeds my mother planted.

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Staggering Ox show

My paintings will be featured at the Staggering Ox cafe in Billings beginning February 3rd and will be hung for a few months. You should stop by to see the art & enjoy a tasty sandwich! Staggering Ox has a great rustic-style gallery setup, and I'm excited to have my work featured there.

Staggering Ox
2829 King Ave. West, Suite D
Billings, MT 59102
(406) 294-6969
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Wildflowers - SOLD

Wildflowers

oil pastel on paper

10"x8" matted to 14"x11" frame

SOLD at $75

Here's an oil pastel of some poppies and purple lupine.

Two of Us

Two of Us

graphite on paper

not for sale

This is my mother & I taking a nap together when I was a few days old.

Expect updates on the blog to be sporadic at best for awhile. I'll return to regular painting/posting at some point and will continue to welcome e-mails in the interim.

"You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead." (The Beatles: Two of Us)

Aqua show in the paper

There was a brief mention of my paintings in an article about Aqua Studio & Salon in the 1/30/09 edition of the Billings Gazette. The article also has a photo showing the art hall at Aqua.

My show at Aqua is done now, but it was a wonderful experience and I'm glad I had the opportunity to hang my paintings there.

After the Rain

After the Rain

acrylic on canvas

16"x20"

NFS

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season. I've been pretty busy and have put painting on the backburner, but I'm finally finishing up some paintings I'd been working on sporadically.


This is an abandoned barn on what used to be the outskirts of Billings (new shopping centers and apartments are cropping up all around and replacing formerly pastoral landscapes). I'm really drawn to old barns for some reason. I like relics from the past.


I primarily used a palette knife on this one and added some details with brushes. I showed my mother the photo I was working from, and she suggested adding some purple wildflowers, which I'm really happy with.
I listened to a lot of Phil Collins while I painted this. I especially love "In the Air Tonight."