Shooting Eagles

  It’s National Wildlife Week, a celebration of the wildlife that surrounds us. While wildlife enthusiasts find this a happy time, reports of another bald eagle shooting appears in newsfeeds.  This time it’s in Forks, Washington – 2 Bald Eagles, an adult male and male juvenile, are found dead.  The bald […] Read more »

Interesting Places: The Minnesota Arboretum

Many of my paintings featuring botanicals are inspired by my visits to the Minnesota Arboretum.  It is a very large location with ever-changing gardens of flowerscapes that are simply stunning.  I have mentioned the location before, in post descriptions of some of my floral subjects, but I felt that having […] Read more »

The Best Advice I Have Ever Received

The best advice I’ve ever received was to, simply put, ‘follow your heart’

image by Abby Lanes via Compfight The best advice I’ve ever received was to, simply put, ‘follow your heart’. You may have heard me, or someone else, mention that phrase here or there. “Follow your heart”.  It’s not uncommon. The more complex version, is that you have your own unique […] Read more »

Sunday Sketches

Sunday Sketches… This is a scan from my 8.5×11 sketchbook.  The page was a field sketch from an one of our outings in a natural preserve in Minnesota.  It was a bit boggy on this trip.  …was pleased to find some carnivorous plants. Read more »

Bull Moose (sepia) 9×12

  This is a new painting in progress of a bull moose from my travels in Wyoming.  We came across two bulls and a cow in one of our short hikes (and a smidge too close for my taste..).  I did, however, come away with amazing reference materials and the […] Read more »

A Busy Art-Filled Summer

A very busy summer!  This year has been amazing… Time in the studio has been more productive than in any previous years, I have been very blessed to be represented by so many quality galleries around the country, and I have had the invitations and available work to be a […] Read more »

Seaside Art Gallery & New Miniature Paintings

On the way back from our trip to Wyoming, Montana, and Washington, after so much time traveling and away from my studio, I was getting an intense urge to paint something…  Anything.  (It’s a common phenomena when you’re addicted to art as badly as I am….)  So, on the road, […] Read more »

Pacific Northwest Travels

Swamped a bit lately recovering from the trip and finishing up some deadlines..but finally a chance to make a post here… :D For the final leg of our Western adventure, we quickly toured Washington State.  …going to several wildlife facilities and visiting friends.  Lots of beautiful things to paint and […] Read more »

Preparations

Just an update from the studio…  A bit hectic lately.  Surrounded by stacks of paintings nearly completed throughout the studio and paint flying..  I am in the process of preparing a body of work for a show at Moosehorn Gallery ( www.moosehorngallery.com) in Livingston (Paradise Valley), Montana.  They are featuring […] Read more »