Good Morning to all. Hope your weekend is going well. We just returned from a short vacation so I haven't painted for a couple of weeks. A great time to rethink and rest the brush.  Painting this week is Chasing Shadows, 16x20 oil on linen panel. I painted this right before taking a break and vacation.  Actually it was a painting that I did of the Vermillion Cliffs in northern Arizona that made me want to do this painting. I think shadows, in western art, sells the painting  over and over. When I was taking the picture of this rock structure, it was mid morning. Already the sh ..read more

Good afternoon. Hope your week is going well. I haven't got much to share so this will be a short blog. The painting is called Golden Hour. Fun part of this painting is the creation of it. I ordered some precut 3/8 inch birch panels (16x20) and some reminent linen canvas. Company was SourceTek in Arizona. I made the panels and this was painting number 1.. Artists who paint on linen will tell you how much smoother the surface is to standard canvas. Also how smooth the painting goes on. Plus you are making the painting surface so that is fullfilling also.  Golden Hour was developed from m ..read more

Good afternoon, Nice warm day here in Florida. Would love to see some rain.  Working on some new paintings last month and this month.  First one I finished was "Finding the Track" which is 10x16 on a linen panel. This was a fun painting to do. I enjoy painting cowboys with a horse or on a horse so this one was next to a horse. I squeezed alot into the painting but that seems right. FInding the track is the cowboys first prority. And the horse seems laid back while he looks.  I hope to enter this in the Melvin Show in July, Not sure how Western art will fly but sometimes my art ..read more

Good Morning and how is everyone? Great  rain here in Florida yesterday and now today is a comfortable 70. Canyon Sweeps is my latest painting. It is a 22x28 oil on a gallery canvas. I wanted to do a canyon painting that highlighted canyon shapes and shadows. Upper Grand Canyon in Arizona and Colorado  provided the basis for this painting. I am very satisfied the way the depth and horizon creates linear lines from top to bottom. I also wanted to use a very limited palette for the painting. Now I have to decide where I want to show displkay it.  Coming up in June 2024 the Magaz ..read more

Good morning and hope your Saturday is going well. Thought I would do a blog for March 2024. First is the current painting called Cloud Xplosions. 24x24 oil/acrylic unframed. The history on this painting is it was originally a beach scene from 2018. Clouds were anyway. I was so crazy about it I wanted to incorporate a western scene to it. So I did and now I am happy I made the change. Beach scenes and Florida landscapes are in storage so I pull them out from time to time. I know everyone wants me to paint them again but not right now. Never say never, right.    Next weekend is the ..read more

Good Morning and hope your Tuesday is going well. Not to much going on  here in Lakeland.  I am back in my studio now painting.  My newest painting is called, "Las Mesas" a 12x36 oil on a gallery canvas. I developed this painting from some areas in Northern Arizona and Southern Utah that i photographed in 2019. I wanted to keep the painting very mininmal  with mesas and my palette. I enjoy switching back from time to time to my abrstraction views of the West. I enjoy studing Ed Mell 's Contemporary Structure of Western Lanscapes  and Dynamic Cloud formations, or Geor ..read more

Good Afternoon to all. Cool January day in Florida today. With El Nino we see alot of cold days with rain about once a week. Hopefully it will change sooner then later. Painting today to discuss is "Homeward Bound" 12x36 oil on canvas. TItle comes from Song by Simon and Garfunkel I heard when i was finishing basic training in the Army in 1969. I was doing this painting while listening to the song so I thought it would be a good fit. Song has stuck with me for a long time and the moment in my life. Same with the Red Mesa in Arizona I was fortunate to see it in 2019. Went with my cousin Ed Mel ..read more

Good  Morning and hope your December is going well. Back in the studio some lately. Mainly do some follow up work and wiring and varnish on paintings.  Some new work started but probably will be after the holidays that I crank out some more. Waiting for sales to pickup some.   Red Mesa July Storm is 24x24 oil unframed. I did the painting last March. I entered a show called the Western Spirit Art Show and Auction in Cheyenne Wyoming. I am happy to say this painting was accepted and will be in the show in March 2024. I am very happy to have the opportunity to show my art for ..read more

Waiting At The Station Valley of Fire Valley of Fire 2     Good afternoon and hope everyone is having a great day. Cool here in Lakeland and fitting for the 2nd day of November. Where has this year gone to.    I posted up 3 images so lets talk about them, First image is Waiting at the Station.. It is a photo of the AMTrack Station in Winter Haven Fl. I loved the perspective application and the openess and minimalist structure it represents. No hustle and bustle either. Just a train station , built as they say, old school. Thought it would be a perfect entry for Rails ..read more

Good afternoon  Hope your Monday is going well. Cool here this morning which is nice. Latest painting is "Sunday Morning. This is a 16x20 oil on a hardboard panel. I haven't used hardboard panels alot but I keep forgetting how well they work with oils for a very smooth surface. Basis for this painting was of course New Mexico and all the adobe buildings and communities in the valley districts and then in Northern New Mexico. Love the idea used by the Native Americans and the Mexicans to build with sand, clay, straw, and water to make bricks to build their homes. Also when the Jesui ..read more