This past weekend my family and I held our annual spring wildlife art show at the Saint Croix Carpenter Nature Center. Our art shows are held in the spring and late fall at the nature center’s Trailside Lodge or Visitor Center (this show was in the Visitor’s Center). This year […] Read more »
Sketches – Red Fox Kit Miniature Commission
I’ve been commissioned to paint a small fox kit painting – a portrait. These are three sketches I made in preparation for the painting, though I might just paint all of the poses. The painting is for a very nice lady that just loves red foxes. :D I had the […] Read more »
Large Bull Elk Watercolor Painting
This is a larger painting that I was working on a little earlier this week. It’s a 20" x 30" watercolor of a bull elk, titled "Passage". This piece developed pretty rapidly. I painted a study for this larger painting as a miniature 4" x 6". The miniature study can […] Read more »
Trumpeter Swan Miniature Painting
This is a new Trumpeter Swan miniature painting that was also recently completed (4″x6″). The sketch for the painting can be found in this post. Read more »
Seaside Art Gallery – 16th International Miniature Art Show
I just received notice that the three paintings that I sent to the "16th International Miniature Art Show" at the Seaside Art Gallery in Nags Head, North Carolina were juried into the exhibition. The Outer Banks gallery was founded in 1961 (the barrier islands of North Carolina). A reception for […] Read more »
4th Internationale d’art Miniature – Québec, Canada
Some of my miniature paintings will be featured in the 4th "Internationale d’art Miniature" (International Miniature Art Exhibit) held in Québec, Canada at the Presbytère St-Nicolas in Saint-Nicolas and Galerie Louise-Carrier in Lévis. The show exhibits miniature paintings and sculptures by artists from around the world. The exhibition is on […] Read more »
Ruby Throated Hummingbird & Columbine Miniature
This is an image of the ruby throated hummingbird miniature painting that I just completed. The sketch can be found in this post. Read more »
Snowy Egret Miniature Painting- Color Progress
This is how my Snowy Egret painting is looking right now. The painting is very subtle and has a lot of very soft color tones in it – unfortunately the richness of the color in the habitat and some of the accents in the egret are not showing up […] Read more »
Large Cougar Watercolor Painting
I was in an accident a while back, some of my blog visitors may have heard, it was an incident with an overly playful cougar about a year ago. The event slowed me down a bit with my injuries and pulled muscles, but everything turned out fine (thankfully). …am very […] Read more »
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 »