Cougar in the Mountains – Jackson Hole

My family and I will be a part of the Jackson Fall Arts Festival – participating in our gallery’s events.  We will be painting in the showroom on Friday & Saturday (possibly on Thursday evening as well) for their "Fall Roundup" exhibition.  I will be painting this new cougar piece […] Read more »

Miniature Art Society Exhibitons in Britain

This is one of my new pieces that will be in the RMS (Royal Miniature Society of Painters, Sculptors, & Gravers) exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London this fall.  Please see the Society’s website for information about attending the exhibit – royal-miniature-society.org.uk  The RMS is the oldest and most […] Read more »

Polar Bear Miniature Painting

This is another painting that I am working on…still in progress…a Polar Bear. It’s a smaller miniature (…as you can see by the coin ;) ). I was really intrigued by the light and ambient feeling when I saw the subject and tried to bring that out in the painting. Read more »

Fox Kit Commission

This is the progress on the red fox kit commission painting that I am nearly finished with – I thought that I should show the progress.   (There are a few more things that I am still fussing with, though…not quite completed…) :D .  Read more »

Miniature Painting?

This is a little different post for me…  Years ago I learned that the way I painted my artwork (and the way my family paints) was painting "in miniature" and in a similar way that traditional miniature painters execute their work.  Because it is so directly related to the way […] Read more »

Elsinore Gallery’s 5th Annual Nature in Miniature Show

  Some watercolor pieces by my family and I are a part of the 5th Annual "Nature in Miniature Show" in Salem, Oregon June 2nd – 25th, 2007. It is an invitational exhibition sponsored by Elsinore Gallery. More information is available on the gallery’s website – http://www.elsinoregallery.com Read more »

Arts Review from the UK

A quick note – ArtsWOM, a British blog for the arts sponsored by Sky Arts (Sky TV network), posted a very nice review of my artwork and blog as their "Showcase Pick" on June 4th – see it here.  A big "thank you" to them!  Read more »

Blooming Cactus Miniature Painting

This is a miniature painting of a blooming cactus 3-3/4" x 4-3/4" that I just completed titled "Cactus Jewel".  It’s a pretty intricate and involved painting.  It is painted on ivorine, a simulated ivory surface – Ivory is a traditional ground and popular for miniature artists to paint on since […] Read more »

Bennington Center for the Arts – Small Works Show

This painting, "Summer Blossoms – Queen Butterfly", and "Sunrise – Screech Owl" will be a part of the Bennington Center for the Arts "Small Works Show" that will be on display June 9th – December 23rd, 2007 in Bennington, Vermont.  Thanks to the Bennington Center for the Arts for making […] Read more »