Studio Visitors – Songbirds

I had a few visitors to my studio today — The songbirds just found a few birdfeeders outside of my studio that I put out for them.  I am hoping this will help me gather references and study them more easily since they will literally be right outside my window . Below […] 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Sketches for New Paintings – Cougar Painting

I started this painting this evening in my motel studio  — it will be a young adult cougar stalking.  The picture above is the sketch phase of the painting.  The piece will be 20×30 when it’s finished. I am planning to work on the painting in the gallery during the […] Read more »

Brushing Up on a Miniature Painting

I finished one of my miniature paintings today (this morning).  It was one of those pieces that I had set aside in the studio for a while so I could get a fresh look at it later (to see if there was anything else it needed). :)   The miniature will be added to the collection […] Read more »