The natural wilderness is filled with extremely beautiful and breathtaking views, habitats, and creatures. Nonetheless, it is a wild and rugged terrain that is treacherous. Many of the beautiful creatures that I study to render in my work are predators. Because of this, there is always a certain danger to […] Read more »
Foreign Media – Art in Europe
My family and I were recently contacted by several magazine publications in Britain about our artwork, etc. Both interviews/articles should be available to the public soon. Interaction with other countries often makes me think of the uniqueness and similarities of the United States’ art community and market in comparison to […] Read more »
New Galleries – New Horizons
My family and I recently agreed to be represented by a new gallery in "Paradise Valley" Livingston, Montana, opening in May. Some additional plans are being finalized for this summer. It is such a beautiful area for an artist to gather inspiration for painting! :) Of course, my family and I will […] 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 »
Turkey Day – Happy Thanksgiving!!
I am busily painting on my golden eye drake (duck) painting. I plan to have some photos of all of these duck paintings online in the blog (and parhaps elsewhere)soon. I’m just a little behind in that area at the moment . I don’t really get traditional "vacation holidays" from work ;) […] 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 »
Painting in the Rain
It’s been raining for most of the morning. I love painting during thunderstorms (but inside my studio, not outside plein air ;) )!! It’s so relaxing! I have been painting on my large Canada Goose piece today — it’s about half finished. I’ll post a photo of the full-color […] Read more »
Sad News
Paco’s leukemia has returned. Please keep him and his family in your prayers. -pacofriendsforlife.com- 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 »
An Afternoon of Gallery Painting
My family and I painted in the gallery today (Galleries West Fine Art in Jackson Hole, Wyoming -www.gallerieswestjacksonhole.com- ). The gallery was completely rehung this afternoon for the upcoming "Fall Roundup" (their third annual) group showing for the artists in the gallery during Jackson’s Fall Arts Festival. It looks really nice! […] Read more »