Bennington Center for the Arts – Art of the Animal Kingdom XII

This miniature painting of a red fox kit, titled "Distracted", will be a part of the Bennington Center for the Arts’ exhibition "Art of the Animal XII".  The show will be at the arts center in Bennington, Vermont June 16 – July 29, 2007. http://www.benningtoncenterforthearts.org/ Read more »

Snowy Egret Sketch

  This is a sketch of a snowy egret that was fishing a little area between the boulders on the beach for a little lunch in the Daytona Beach/New Smyrna Beach area of Florida. Some of my friends put up with me and my sister chasing all of the shorebirds […] Read more »

Miniature Iris Painting

This is a really small miniature painting that is just about done now.  It’s one of my Irises from our garden that should be coming up this spring. :D It is pretty small – due to the 1/6th rule.  For those who aren’t aware, There are a lot of miniature […] Read more »

Rabbit Miniature Painting – Sketch

This is a sketch for a miniature painting that I just started – a bunny.  I have a lot of work (paintings)  that I’m starting right now – for spring shows & galleries, etc. as well as commission work.  …more sketch posts are on their way. :D Read more »

New Miniature Wolf Painting Complete

This is one of the paintings I finished up for the NatureWorks Show and Sale in Tulsa, Oklahoma this past weekend – a little wolf.  The photo here is a little harsher than the real painting – but you get the idea.  The sketch for this miniature is posted here. […] Read more »

Minnesota Safari Club – Live Auction Original Painting

This is the painting that I made at the Minnesota Safari Club State Convention – a Cape Buffalo (my first one! :D ).   This piece was painted on Saturday during the show.  I took a few photos of a number of mounts on display during the VIP preview on Friday […] Read more »

Minnesota Safari Club International – State Convention

I am at the Minnesota Safari Club International State Convention, North of the Twin Cities.  Tonight was the opening VIP reception — tomorrow will be open to the public all day. :D  Thanks to everyone who dropped by our exhibit this evening! Tomorrow will be pretty busy for me :D […] Read more »

Miniature Art Society Exhibit in California

I just sent artwork off to California today for a miniature show.  The exhibit is just outside of Yosemite National Park in Mariposa, California – the Northern California Society of Arts in Miniature’s "Miniatures in Mariposa" at the Sierra Artists Gallery.  The show will be up from late of February […] Read more »

Swan Miniature in Society Exhibition – Miniature Painting Awarded

I recently received notice, from the (MPSGS) Miniature Painters, Sculptors, and Gravers Society of Washington, D.C.’s ’73rd Annual Exhibition of Fine Arts Miniatures’, that I was awarded the “The Manny Sullivan Memorial Award for Excellence”, second in show, for my watercolor painting “Bashful – Mute Swan”. This year’s miniature show […] Read more »