Little Painting of a Chipmunk – Sepia

This is a little chipmunk painting in the sepia stage shown probably larger than life.  The actual work is approx 3″x5″ (watercolor on board).  I love these little visitors to the backyard birdfeeders. ..some of my favorite subjects to paint. Read more »

International Guild of Realism 2011 Show

A quick announcement…  The International Guild of Realism selected my painting of a young girl from the Mdewakanton Dakota Sioux powwow, Little Dancer, for their 2011 exhibition at The Sage Creek Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico September 30 – October 22, 2011. The opening reception will be Friday September 30, 2011, […] Read more »

Little Duckling Watercolor

This is a little painting, only 4″x6″, of a duckling swimming.  He and his sibling were following their mother across a small pond.  I was really drawn to the beautiful water patterns and the energetic personality of the little bird. For the painting, I focused on rendering the softness of […] Read more »

Dressed for the Powwow

This is another work from my series of paintings from the Mdewakanton Dakota Sioux tribal dances (and their attending guests from various tribes) that are hosted in our area.  This is a young lady that had just been a part of a dance several minutes prior, and was scanning the crowd, […] Read more »

Two Little Bobcats Completed

This is the final scan of the painting  ‘Explorers – Bobcat Kittens’. Painting the wall of moss behind them was probably my favorite part of the process.  I wanted to make the entire painting glow in warmth, so I worked in a limited palette and glazed rich toasty colors to […] Read more »

Two Little Bobcats

Busy working on stacks of paintings as always.. but doing my best to stay in touch with everyone here, on Facebook, and scattered other locations on the web… :) This is a close-up photo of a painting that’s getting pretty close to completion.  Two bobcat kittens off exploring.  …just a […] Read more »

Little Pictures – Hilliard Society Miniature Exhibition

I just received notice that two of my miniatures that were sent to an exhibition in Britain found new homes (one of them is pictured on the left).  They were showing at the Hilliard Society of Miniaturists annual members exhibition in Wells, England.  Both of the pieces were also selected as favorites […] Read more »