Creekbend, 36x48, A/C

Edward Hopper's Coffee, 16x20, A/C

This one is five houses ago, at my old cabin. That kitchen had great light. The floor was bare concrete, painted turquoise, which sounds awful but really wasn't. It worked. I still have that mug. For the record, the perspective is skewed on purpose. I wanted it to feel like you were going to fall into the mug. Not sure if that worked, but i like the light. I remember being on a Pthalo green kick with this one, especially in the lighter shadow and the highlight on the edge of the sink. Strange what we remember at random, eh?

SOLD

to a collector in Jenks, OK

Above Gothic, 7x5, Acrylic/Canvas Panel

I've been buried in a large winter painting lately, so i thought I'd go green for a day. This is a meadow above Gothic, CO.

SOLD

to a collector in San Marcos, CA

Monochrome, 20x24,A/C

A larger piece today.

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Congregation, 48x24, Acrylic/Canvas

You'll never convince me that they don't speak to eachother, but I do wonder what they talk about. I'm sure it's a fascinating conversation.

SOLD

to a collector in Carbondale, CO

The Thinking Tree, 6x6, Acrylic/Canvas

Man, trees really are the best conversationalists....even dead ones. This lightning-struck old veteran watches over one of my favorite thinking spots, high up in Hartman Rocks, with a watchful eye over the valley floor a few hundred craggy feet below. There is a concave boulder resting near this guy that is more comfortable than any sofa you'll ever find, and it is a wonderful place to sit, think, and breathe. I've carried a photo of this spot around with me from move to move, and it has had a permanent spot next to my easel. Looking at it always makes me think about, well, thinking. Thinking like you can only do in places like this.

Raining Light

9"x12", Acrylic/Canvas

The last few leaves directing light across the forest floor.

SOLD

to a collector in Simsonville, SC

Waves of Light

6"x6", Acrylic/Board

Late-day patterns in the West Elks.

SOLD

to a collector in Boca Raton, FL

Foothills Sunset

5"x7", Acrylic/Canvas Panel

Sunset over the Colorado/Wyoming border.

SOLD

to a collector in Colorado Springs, CO

Annie's Aspens

48"x24", Acrylic/Canvas

SOLD

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Lake Fork Afternoon

36"x36", Acrylic/Canvas

A view of Carson Peak, near Lake City. This is on the way to Cataract Gulch, home of the craftiest, gorp-stealing marmots I've ever encountered. My buddy swears he saw the devil on a ridge up there, but I think it was just a goat.

SOLD

to a collector in St. Louis, MO

Palouse Wheat

8"x6", Acrylic/Canvas Panel

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Field Writing

8"x10", Acrylic/Canvas

The blue and orange of a Palouse afternoon. The wheat seems like it's lit from within when it is even slightly backlit...I think Van Gogh was on to something. This is a commissioned piece to mark this combine's last run.

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Machinery

6"x8", Acrylic/Canvas Panel

My paintings always seem to be about the landscape, regardless of the subject matter.

SOLD

to a collector in Moscow, ID

Gothic Valley Summer

12"x16", Acrylic/Canvas

This is a strange canvas size...too big to be little, but too small to be large. I usually jump from 5x7 straight to 24x36+, and this was a little out of my comfort zone (which was never very comfortable to start with). At any rate, this is the Gothic Valley above Crested Butte, looking into the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness area. You can see peaks shift towards the ruddy color that the Maroon Bells are so well known for.

SOLD

to a collector in Moscow, ID

Slate River Bend

20"x24", Acrylic/Canvas

SOLD

to a collector in Fayetteville, AR

Mill Creek Melting

24"x36", Acrylic/Canvas

Looking towards West Elk Peak and Storm Pass.

Sun on the Taylor

8"x6", Acrylic/Canvas Panel

The Taylor River, perhaps the world's best cataract factory.

SOLD

to a collector in Denver, CO

October Sky

7"x5", Acrylic/Canvas Panel

The view downvalley from the flanks of Carbon Peak

SOLD

to a collector in Lubbock, TX

Grove Patterns

7"x5", Acrylic/Canvas Panel

Sometimes the old, chewed up snow is more interesting than the fresh stuff, as it twists and contorts the shadows and highlights.

SOLD

to a collector in Long Beach, CA

Aspens Again

6"x8", Acrylic/Canvas Panel

Maybe tomorrow I'll mix it up and paint a birch tree.

SOLD

to a collector in Hanover, NH

Forest Floor

5"x7", Acrylic/Canvas Panel

The seasons overlap in the West Elks. I have painted this tree from every possible angle, I think. Maybe I need to climb it and paint from its canopy.

SOLD

to a collector in Oro Valley, AZ

Blue Sky and Shadows

5"x7", Acrylic/Canvas panel

I know backlight and aspen shadows are a bit of a crutch for me, but crutches aren't always bad... especially when they are as cool as backlit aspen groves. This is Mill Creek again (surprise!)

SOLD

to a collector in Hanover, NH

Distance

7"x5", Acrylic/Canvas Panel

This is probably the nine hundredth painting I have done of the Mill Creek valley, and I'm still not tired of it. There are lots of places to sit and hide up there in that lavender paint.

SOLD

to a collector in Dyer, IN

Storm Over Red Lady

5"x7", Acrylic/Canvas Panel

Winter on Mt. Emmons. She has alot of molybdenum in her belly, fueling a debate between mining and environmental concerns that has captivated Crested Butte for 30 years. John Denver recorded a song about it..."The Mountain Song". It was written by a CB local, Tracey Wickland. You can read an article from the CB Weekly here.

SOLD

to a collector in Middleton, MA

Dusk

8"x6", Acrylic/Canvas Panel

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Mill Creek Sketch

5"x7", Acrylic/Canvas Panel

Mill Creek's willows cascading out of the valley. My favorite place in the world. Happy new year!

SOLD

to a collector in Oro Valley, AZ

Ohio Creek Evening

8"x6", Acrylic/Canvas Panel

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Palouse Evening #2

6"x6", Acrylic/Board

Long shadows and apricot skies near Moscow.

SOLD

to a collector in Woodland Hills, CA

Cold Light

36"x24", Acrylic/Canvas

Afternoon light at two tens below zero, somewhere in the West Elks. I liked how the two little aspens seemed to be playing in their little sliver of sunlight before the shadows of the old spruce-fir forest put them to bed for the night. I really need to take the time to come up with better titles. Happy Tofurkey Day.

SOLD

to a collector in Salt Lake City, UT

Fields

6"x6", Acrylic/Board

Waves of earth in the Palouse.

SOLD

to a collector in Bellevue, WA

Long Shadows

5"x7", Acrylic/Board

Winter light in the Ruby Range.

SOLD

to a collector in Carbondale, CO

Ohio Creek Valley

7"x5", Acrylic/Board

SOLD

to a collector in Moscow, ID

Catwalk Shadows

6"x6", Acrylic/Board

I think I've realized why I'm so drawn to these silos...they bend and reflect light just like giant aspen trunks. They have the same finish as aspen bark, a powdery matte with just enough of a satin tinge to reflect their surroundings, and the same linen coloring, like canvases waiting for the day to paint them. Cool, eh? Well, I think so.

SOLD

to a collector in Moscow, ID