A story starts somewhere and in this instance it started from a view below our property. As some of you know, I seldom ever introduce people or critters in my paintings. Somehow I always think a static landscape view can be read into for what it is. ...

This is an imaginative exercise. I occasionally will rough in a few trees and see where the painting takes me from there. It is an ongoing amp#65533thingamp#65533. I never know exactly where or when the painting exercise will end. It may take form as...

It was cold winter morning walk along the East Fork of the Lewis River. A pervading dampness was in the air from the melting snow. Interstate Highway 5 State Park Bridge in the background. What makes a painting' I sometimes ask myself. It would seem...

A cold overcast day after the snow on the East Fork of the Lewis River in Woodland, Washington. Partly abstract, partly realism - the shapes of color and pattern intrigued me.

Pleain oil painting executed during 2004 "Columbia Gorge Paint Out" Scenic view was taken from the "Women's Forum" due west of the Crown Point in the Columbia Gorge.

This is another of a series of Irish scenes I completed upon my return from revisiting Ireland after a period of 40 years. The culture has changed but the scenery is just as I remembered it. The skies always predominant in all that captures my eye. ...

Glen Gesh Pass stopped me in my tracks when I happened across this scene by chance. I took numerable photos of the area but unfortunately a painting can not do justice to what the eye beheld. This is my humble effort of recalling the day.

Irish skies are the most memorable part of living in and visiting Ireland. They call Montana in the United States "Big Sky Country". They have not been to Ireland.

amp#65533Late Summer Afternoonamp#65533 24amp#65533 X 30amp#65533 stretched canvas on a sepia toned surface. This is a larger format painting than I have been doing lately. I must say it was a lot of fun using arm movement for a change rather than j...

An original oil painting completed in 1972 based on photo refs taken at the time. The original was painted using summer greens from the \"72\" referance materials. The picture was repainted in 2008 using fall colors that much improved the original....

The "Red Door", gardener's quarters is based on a digital slide taken on the artist's 2003 trip to Ireland.

This painting was prepared from a color slide made while motoring through Port Rush, Ireland. I was struck by the ram shackle support system the two men were working on. Painted on heavy water color paper with the addition of opaque whites for highl...

The Turf Fields is a oil on Masonite board painting reflective of an early morning experience during my morning walk with my dog in the farmeramp#65533s fields. The picture shows a portion of an 80 acre farming parcel. These parcels go from beans to ...

A miniature 4 x 6 Oil on Masonite. A mood works experiment. This painting is delivered framed.

A miniature 4 x 6 Oil on Masonite. A mood works experiment. This painting is deliverd framed.