South Park

 'South Park'   acrylic on canvas     16 x 20"         $850.00

   The middle fork of the South Platte wanders and turns as it makes it way through the grassy flats of South Park.

  South of Fort Collins, Colorado.                           11 x 33"                     Acrylic on panel 
 
    I was recently asked to speak on Western Art at the University of Colorado. In the course of our discussion I was asked why I am doing these paintings and I was hard-pressed to find an answer. I love the plains of Colorado and Wyoming and am fascinated by the skies we see in the West. But I have come to realize that it's that line that defines the meeting of Sky and Earth that I am most interested in.

  'Buffalo'
Acrylic on canvas
   16 x 20"
    
This piece is coming together nicely but I can see that it still needs a bit of work.

  On the Taylor River          Acrylic on panel                 10 x 20"                          Sold

     This view of the Taylor River , north of Gunnison, Colorado is a good example of what I am going through right now. My landscapes are starting to be more abstract and largely seem to address the horizon. But I love the way that water, be it in the form of creeks or rivers cuts through the land and the way that trees break up the sky and show light in their leaves. This feels like a learning period and I find that very exciting.

" Study in Blue "

The Aspen tree is an iconic image in Colorado and these lovely trees are painted over and over. I tried to paint an image of Aspens that honoured the tree but was a bit different from the traditional images.
" Study in Blue ", Aspens in the snow. Diptych, each panel measures 18x36". Acrylic on canvas.

Sun-up. Eastern Colorado

Acrylic on canvas 36 x 48"
This painting is just about finished, as if being done was a real thing! I'm just tightening the tree up and I can see the clouds need to be 'warmed' up a bit.

Late summer Eleven-mile Canyon, CO

My son and I took a late-summer camping and fishing trip to Eleven-mile Canyon in south-central Colorado. I am amazed at what an excellent fisherman he has become, he is still quite young and he is already a much better fly-fisherman than I.
This painting is from a photo I took of several people fishing that weekend.

This watercolor is a scene just a little north of Gunnison, Colorado. It had just finished raining and the sun was starting to pop out.
The Gunnison Valley and surrounding area is a very beautiful place and I miss it and the people very much, I might go back someday.