I grew up in rural southwest Kansas and spent a great deal of time outdoors camping, hunting and sometimes fishing. Art was a form of expression which showed my love of the land and the animals that lived on it. I spent a lot of time drawing as a younger person. In later years I would paint, using water colors, on pieces of wood,cardboard and a few times on fan blades from old windmills. Oil painting began as an adult as a result of a family vacation trip to Montana, to visit my brother. I was inspired by the works of Charles...more
