Flying High Downhill Skier

Title: Flying High Downhill Skier

Size: 16 x 20

Medium: oil on stretched canvas

Available for purchase!

"The person who says it can't be done should not interrupt the person doing it."--Chinese proverb

Winter is on the way and this painting makes a wonderful gift for the lover of the slopes. With powder flying and the wind swirling, the skier soars! I love to paint action and movement! Rather than focusing on minute details I generate movement and energy with repetitive drags and swipes of color, layering them in different directions, developing interesting textures and rich luminous colors. He does seem to fly doesn't he?

Water Lily Reflections

I love this water lily pond painting! It's still wet, but in a week or so it will be dry enough to ship. I don't know if you can find him, but there is a frog in this pond...mid right section. There is a lot of paint and fantastic broken color and texture from at least 5 layers of oil. It's even more fun to look at, and touch, in person.

Large oil on stretched canvas: 24 x 30

Halloween is on it's way and I'm feeling a chill in the air. I love this time of year, anywhere we live in the country it's a greats time of year! I bought 3 large cosco bags of candy....I hope we get some trick or treaters so I don't have to eat it all!

Colors of Rain

Title: Reflections of Rain

Size: 18 x 18

Medium: oil on canvas

Here are a couple rain paintings and yes....inspired by the Vegas thunder storms we've had lately! Lots of rich thick palette knife paint in cheerful bold colors. I've been adding teal to my paintings and love how it pops against the reds and golds.

Both paintings are brand new and available for purchase!

Title: Colors of Rain

Size: 12 x 16

Medium: oil on canvas

"The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life." --William Faulkner

Horse Racing

Title: The Race

Size 12 x 16 in oil

The derby in full color and impressionistic texture.....energy, motion and power. I hope you hear the thunder of the hooves!

The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet. --Damon Runyon

Here are a couple of brand new horse paintings.

This one is 9 x 12 and full of extra thick paint and pure energy!
Available for purchase!

Sunset in Paradise

Title: Sunset in Paradise

Size: 20 x 24

Medium: oil on stretched canvas

SOLD

Here's another brand new painting that's still wet! One of my favorite tropical inspired paintings from memories of my childhood and youth. I actually lived in American Samoa for a couple years when I was a teenager, where I learned to scuba dive.

I dove at least 3 days a week while living there. I've been diving all over the world since...Hawaii, Tahiti, Fiji, Honduras and the Caribean, to name a few, and all of those places sort of merge in my mind.

So many beautiful beaches and spectacular oceans. Now, when I want to travel back to a beach, I just paint it and in doing so revisit for the time it takes to complete. This painting took awhile, and has several layers of paint, which I let dry imbetween so it glows with luminous glazes of color. I hope you enjoy!

Large Commission for Bevy

30 x 40 finished commission....lots of broken color and many layers of thick paint in this large cityscape. I hope it is enjoyed for many years to come!

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."--Ralph Waldo Emerson

This is another one of my favorite large (24 x 30) landscape paintings. I plan on painting a few more of these sunset scenes in different sizes because I love all the color!

Click to enlarge the images and see some more detail. Lots of lovely color and rich texture in this painting which is available for purchase on Etsy now.

Aspen Fall Sonata

Title: Aspen Fall Sonata

Medium: 0il

Size: 20 x 24

available for purchase!

One of my favorite landscapes....a path into a colorful forest. There is something provoking about a path. Lots of color and extra thick palette knife effects on this one! I hope you enjoy!

"If people speak ill of you, live so that no one will believe them." --Plato