“Nature wears the colors of the spirit" Emerson
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First Snow Oil 12x16 $1,500 Framed Click on painting to enlarge |
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Lake of the Crags 40x30 Oil $6,500 Click on painting to view larger |
“Lake of the Crags” is located in Hanging Canyon in the Grand Tetons of Wyoming. It has always been one of my favorite places to hike in the Tetons. In this painting, I wanted to capture the feeling of being in the mountains as opposed to looking up at them from the valley floor. This is my personal view as a climber and mountain guide for most of my life. One of the difficulties in painting this subject from this perspective is that the amount of detail the eye sees is overwhelming. The task was to drop out some of the detail and organize the scene in a manner pleasing to the eye and yet maintain enough to capture the feeling of the place. I also found the contrast between the busyness of the rocks as juxtaposed to the stillness of the surface of the lake and the open sky restful to the eye.
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A View from Above 18x24 Oil SOLD Click on painting to view larger |
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Driftwood Patterns Oil 18x24 $2,400 Framed Click on painting to enlarge |
My personal tendency, as an artist and mountaineer, is always to be looking up at lofty summits and dramatic panoramas. However, I have found that looking down at ones feet, on occasion is often worthwhile. Standing on the shore of the outlet of Ramshead Lake, in the Grand Tetons, I was fascinated by the patterns made by the tangle of driftwood in the crystal clear waters. It caused me to ponder the ancient trees that had struggled for countless years to survive in the rugged conditions of the high mountains only to succumb to time and find their way to rest beneath the surface of the still waters.
The painting was an exercise in glazing, accomplished with a careful drawing and then several glazes to give the piece a feeling of depth and transparency.
The painting was an exercise in glazing, accomplished with a careful drawing and then several glazes to give the piece a feeling of depth and transparency.
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The Old Grain Elevator Oil 16x20 $1,800 Framed Click on painting to enlarge |
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December Ice Oil 24x18 $2,400 Framed Finalist - International Guild of Realism (IGOR) 14th Annual Spring Salon Juried Exhibition. Click on painting to enlarge |
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The Hills Above Town Oil 12x16 Framed SOLD Click on painting to enlarge |
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The Stillness of Evening Oil 12x9 Framed SOLD Click on painting to enlarge |
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Seasons End Oil 16x20 $1,800 Framed Click on painting to enlarge |
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Evening on the Refuge
Oil 30x40 $6,500 Framed Click on painting to enlarge |
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Country Road Oil 12x9 $900 Framed Click on painting to enlarge |
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Morning Mist Oil 16x20 SOLD Click on painting to enlarge |
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The Road to Ashton 16x20 Oil SOLD Click on painting to enlarge |
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Evening Glow Buck Mountain
16x20 Oil SOLD Click on painting to enlarge |
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Dissolution 24x36 Oil $4,600 Framed Click on painting to enlarge |
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Garnet Canyon
Oil 18x24 $2,400 Framed Click on painting to enlarge |
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Summer Evening
18x24 Oil SOLD Click on painting to enlarge |
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The Meadows, Summer
18x24 Oil $2,400 Framed Click on painting to enlarge |
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The Field
24x36 Oil $4,600 Framed Click on painting to enlarge |
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Teton Shadows
18x24 Oil $2,400 Framed Click on painting to enlarge |
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South Park
30x35 Oil $6,200 Framed Click on painting to enlarge |
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The Meadows, Winter
18x24 Oil $2,400 Framed Click on painting to enlarge |
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Still Waters Run Deep 12x9 Oil SOLD Click on painting to enlarge |
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Winters Dissolution 24x18 Oil SOLD Click on painting to enlarge |
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Down by the River
Oil 18x24 $2,400 Framed Click on painting to enlarge |
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Cottonwoods
12x16 Oil $1,500 Framed Click on painting to enlarge |
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Fish Creek Ranch
12x16 Oil $1,500 Framed Click on painting to enlarge |
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The Coldest Time 12x16 Oil $1,500 Framed Click on painting to enlarge |
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South Fork
12x16 Oil $1,500 Framed Click on painting to enlarge |
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A Place in the Woods 30x30 Oil $4,800 Framed Click on painting to enlarge |
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Down a Farm Road 36x36 Oil $8,400 Framed Click on painting to enlarge |
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Evening Glow on Sleeping Indian 18x24 Oil SOLD Click on painting to enlarge |
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Ascent 30x40 Oil SOLD Click on painting to enlarge |
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Misty River 9x12 Oil SOLD Click on painting to enlarge |
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Ramparts in the Mist 16x20 Oil SOLD Click on painting to enlarge |
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The Cathedral 30x40 Oil SOLD Click on painting to enlarge |
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Silent Passage Oil 16x20 SOLD Click on painting to enlarge |
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An Ancient Presence 30x48 Oil SOLD Click on painting to enlarge |