Awaiting Spring

Here in Minnesota, "spring" takes a little bit to get here. :) The bitter cold is gone, but (unfortunately) we tend to have mounds of snow this time of year. Sooo… I thought a nice spring wildflower picture might help those of us who are buried under a foot of […] Read more »

Wolf Sketching

There has been some interest in my wolf sketches on the blog – requesting a few more posts featuring them.  This sketch is the rough for a new painting I will be starting on soon.  Read more »

Wildlife Refuge Studies

A tour of Merritt Island today.  Everything was just beautiful – and so many birds!! :)  I have been to this area before, but hadn’t been able to spend adequate time in the refuge for more in-depth study.  Truthfully, I would have liked to have spent a great deal more […] Read more »

Miller Gallery – New Representation

As I posted earlier, my family and I represented traditional miniature artwork for the annual exhibition "Objects of Desire" at The Miller Gallery in Cincinnati over the Holidays.  I am pleased to post, the gallery has requested further representation and now carries a selection of our traditional sized miniature paintings.  […] Read more »

New Adventures in Clay and Bronze…

Well, I’ve just ordered some sculpture tools and clay from the art supply store today.  Bronze will be a new adventure for me!   A number of respected western artists made both paintings and bronze works and were very successful at it, so I suppose I could give it a try. :) I […] Read more »

Moving Out…

I’m moving out. Ok, I’m not really moving "out".  I, and all of the other artists in my family, have been working underground, in our basement art studio, for a few years now.  It’s tough to make inspirational wildlife and nature paintings when you can’t even see the outdoors.  So, we decided […] Read more »

Jackson’s Fall Art Festival “Quick Draw”

The Fall Art Festival’s "Quick Draw" started at 10am this morning.  It’s cold and drizzling outside, so the painters and sculptors worked in tents on the square .  The artists had an hour to finish their paintings before they were put on live auction.  Quite a few artists from our gallery were in […] Read more »

Photoshoot and Gallery Painting

We spent some time with some of our friends/clients who were in town and visited a great spot for shooting wildlife in the area.  :)  We also shot a lot of reference photos of both landscapes and wildlife in the Teton Mountain Range. After concluding our photoshoot, we went back […] Read more »