Solitude in an aspen forest.

A walk in the Colorado forest can be breathtaking, even with no mountains in view. The simple pattern of an aspen grove is broken up by a closeup of the leaves in the foreground,

This is my first painting that is non-representational.

This is a commissioned piece. The client wanted a tree that was half dead half alive, with the trunk in the middle of the canvas. While I've seen other paintings similar to this, I felt I could not succeed in that direction. I presented the idea o...

This is third in my series of water paintings from a hike near Guanella Pass last summer.

This is a case of going back to a painting and overhauling it. The first version of this painting was simply the clouds in the background. I rarely received any comments on it whenever I showed it and it seemed somehow lacking. I was about to pain...

This was my first attempt at using a palette knife instead of a brush. This is a favorite spot of mine right across the highway from the park. I do think it worked, although I don't think I'll do very many of these using this technique.

Here's a closeup view of an aspen leaf after a rainfall.

This painting was inspired by a photo I took in the backyard of a friend's house in Palm Springs, California. It was later used in the film "My Blueberry Nights" starring Jude Law and Norah Jones.

My interpretation of the Colorado Columbine flower.

On a trip back to Denver, coming up from Santa Fe, New Mexico...we ran smack into this sunset. I simply had to paint it.

My friends Kelly and Dan took the photo that inspired me to work this into a painting. They were on vacation in Hawaii. It's a well-known spot. The photo was grayish and overcast. I chose to pump up the color and changed the weather to partly clou...