Red squirrel 8×10 (Sepia)

This is an in-progress red squirrel sitting on rugged deadfall.  The lighting will be rather dramatic in this piece.  I’m looking forward to all of the color glazes of the fur and beautiful textures in the logs.  Should be quite a treat! watercolor on board, 8in x 10in, sepia stage, […] Read more »

12×16 white wolf (Sepia)

This is a detail photograph of a new white wolf I am working on – shown in the sepia stage of the painting.  I am really looking forward to working in the porous and pitted rock texture as well as moving into the color phase of bringing up the backlighting […] Read more »

Barred Owl in Sepia

This is a new 5″x7″ Barred Owl watercolor painting I’m starting on, currently in sepia stage.  The owl is from a raptor center in Montana that rescues birds.  This owl’s injuries, unfortunately, were too extensive to allow him to be released into the wild.  …so he now serves as an […] Read more »

Tawny Owl – New Painting in Sepia stage

This is a new painting of a Tawny Owl (European).  I love the warm sienna and gold colors of these owls… one of aspects that attracted me to begin this painting.  I set the area surrounding area with lush moss to compliment the rust shades in the bird.  ….looking forward […] Read more »

Cheering the Studio – Wolf Puppies, etc.

Living in the land of 10,000 frozen lakes, I spend quite a bit of time painting in my studio in the winters.  But lately, it seems to be especially gloomy.  So, as I twittered earlier this week, I started on a new cheery, sunny painting of wolf puppies to brighten […] Read more »

Young Wolf Painting

This is a new young wolf painting that has just come off the easel.  It is an unusual pose, so I thought it would be a nice challenge.  The first scan is the beginning watercolor sepia stage of the piece. This is the final painting.  It is watercolor on board […] Read more »

New Work in a Busy Studio..

Very busy around the studio lately.  Shipments to galleries, Holiday exhibitions.. commissions and new paintings for new venues requesting work…  Keeps me on my toes! Thanks so much to everyone for your support of my work..it is SO appreciated! This is one of the paintings that I’ve just started on […] Read more »

New Wolf Portrait in Miniature

This is a new painting that was started a day or so ago, shown here in it’s sepia stage.  It is watercolor and about 8″x10″.  When I had the chance to study this wolf, I was particularly drawn to his beautiful light eyes (with a faint hint of aqua) in […] Read more »

Two New Works – ‘Trail Mix, Red Squirrel’ and ‘Wistful, Timberwolf’ (In Progress)

. These are two new paintings I am working on at the moment “Trail Mix – Red Squirrel” (5×7) and “Wistful – Timberwolf” (Approximately 8×10).  Both are pictured here in the sepia stage. I have a large body of new work that will be distributed later this summer and fall […] Read more »

Putting In the Details – Timberwolf Watercolor

This is a new piece that I just started on a day or so ago, still in the sepia stage of painting in the essence of texture and shapes.   It’s a watercolor painting (done in miniature of course :D)  features a timberwolf and will be 16″ x 20″. I […] Read more »