Cougar Miniature Watercolor Painting – Youtube Video

This is my newest video on YouTube – a 4×6 painting of a cougar (mountain lion, puma…), watercolor on board (in miniature, of course… ;) ).  The title of the piece is “The Overseer – Cougar”.  She seemed to enjoy peering down on everyone that came to admire her – […] Read more »

Timberwolf Painting – The Starting Point

    This is the beginnings of a wolf piece – the sepia stage (My favorite part….where the essence of the piece is painted in crisp watercolor).  The painting is one of my larger miniatures at 24″ x 36″ – so adding all of the texture to the animal, covering […] Read more »

Federal Duck Stamp – Home State Celebration

My family and I were invited to Joe Hautman’s home state celebration recently in Owatonna, MN for the 2008 Federal Duck Stamp – working with some of the organization committee with the art events and children’s area.  Joe is working on a project with the University of Saint Thomas to […] Read more »

Defensive – Timberwolf in Miniature

I finished this wolf painting, "Defensive", not too long ago – it’s a 9"x12" miniature piece that you may have seen ‘in progress’ here on the blog earlier.     I know that many of these web images online just don’t show the detail of the watercolors – so for […] Read more »

Bald Eagle Miniature

This piece (about 4" x 6") is a little different than some of my other work, and I thought that some of my visitors might like to see it.  As you can see, it has a splashy, looser backdrop with the tight detail of the face of the eagle.  (the […] Read more »

Artist Tales

I get together with my friends and talk about some of the things that have happened in my ‘adventures’ as an artist…and at least they think that it should be written somewhere… So, as per their request… At one time, I was represented by an art dealer. There was a […] Read more »

Barn Owl Portrait… A Work In Progress

I’ve had some requests to post more of my sketches and works-in-progress on my blog…so here’s another painting that is sitting in the studio… ;)This is a work-in-progress – a barn owl portrait that will debut at th Moosehorn Gallery in Montana. They are having a large event this summer […] Read more »

Finch & Blossoms Miniature Painting – Watercolor

  This is a new miniature I painted that went to England for a miniature art exhibit. It is a finch with apple blossoms and is a little smaller than 4×6. My Dad has some awesome flowering fruit trees that I love …which inspired this painting… :) (I have ‘spring […] Read more »

Chipmunk Miniature Painting Progress

  This is a long-overdue post about the progress of my little chipmunk painting. :D   He’s coming along pretty well. I’m bringing out all of the textures of the plants covering the ground and pebbles…and of course the fur. :D The chipmunk is just about life sized in the […] Read more »

Watercolor Miniature on Antique Ivory

This is my painting that I mentioned on the antique ivory (perhaps it should be stated ‘prehistoric ivory’, rather ;) ).  I chose to paint a timber wolf portrait.  This is the beginnings of the painting, of course.  Much more will be added to the piece before it is considered […] Read more »