BiPolar Bear (India Ink on cold-press paper 12 x 14 inches).
Bi-polar disorder is a bear to suffer through. Being a bipolar bear may not be much better. But this one seems to be barring up well.
I have changed him up a little digitally:
BiPolar Bear II (digital drawing available in 8 x 10 and 11 x 14 images)
A Murder of Crows (India Ink 11 x 14) available
Another visual pun.
Llangollen Reflections (watercolor 17 x 23) available
I took the reference photo I used for this painting on the Llangollen Canal, from our narrowboat rental. But it could be still water and trees, just about anywhere.
Just Below the Hilltop (watercolor 14 x 18) available
Another view of Sprague Trail. The woods there are so light, since the ice storm of 2021 thinned the forest.
Forest Archway (watercolor 14 x 18) available
Another painting of the woods below our house.
Doorway to the Sky (watercolor 14 x 18) available
Having just finished a southwestern commission, I was tempted by yet another pueblo painting.
The Standing and the Fallen (16 x 23 watercolor) available
This Spring Salem, Oregon had back to back ice storms leading to many downed trees and branches. While I mourn many of the trees lost, nature’s thinning does have it’s compensations. One of those is that woods around our house, are an entirely new place, while still remaining beautiful. This lit up hillside was dark, tangled, and mossy just months ago. Now it is bright and open.
Anasazi Doorway (16 x 21 watercolor) commissioned
This piece was commissioned as a companion piece to Sky City Mission.
Sky City Mission (sold)
Foxgloves (12 x 15 India Ink) available
Yes I have a visual mind and yes the results can be silly.
Limited Edition Digitally altered prints: 11 x 14 $75 unframed.
Fox Gloves on Lavender (digitally altered pen and ink 11 x 14) $75 unframed
I hear the sound of geese returning and I imagine something like these.
Canadian Brass Geese (11 x 14 India Ink) available
Horn-Necked Goose (12 x 15 India Ink) $600 framed; $500 unframed
I Keep Him in My Heart (9 x 12 India ink) available
Limited Edition Digitally Altered Prints:
I Keep Him in My Heart on gray lavender (digitally altered pen and ink 9 x 12) $60
Beginning to Melt (15 x 22) available
One more painting of Croisan Creek Trail. This time after bit of snow.
Green Traveler or Silver Back (India Ink 11 x 14) available
Digitally Altered Limited Edition Prints:
Green Traveler on 60's Blue (digitally altered pen and ink) 11 x 14 $75
Bird Brain (India Ink 14 x 16) available
I have a very visual mind. When someone says “bird brain,” I’m apt to see something like this. But I particularly liked this visual pun, because it hints at the intelligence of birds, which is often as great or greater than mammals with similar lifestyles. Ironically, owls are not particularly bright birds, but crows, hawks, and ravens are.
Urban Chimera (India Ink 19 x 16) available
I think of this as a chimera, but given all of the city equipment, I guess he’s a little bit of a cyborg too.
Canine Nemesis (Technical Pen 12 x 12) available
Our dog thinks the vacuum cleaner is public enemy number one. This is how I think she sees it.
The Mossy Grove (watercolor 14 x 19) available
This is my favorite part of Skyline trail, where all of the trees are bearded with moss.
Into the Woods (watercolor 13 x 20) available
Another painting of the woods below Sprague Highschool, and another one of our favorite walks.
On the Rocks (watercolor 17 x 23) available
Yet another painting from our favorite local hike, Opal Creek, Oregon. There are just so many standout views on this hike.
Painted Vista (watercolor 6 x 13) available
During the pandemic I’ve been spending time traveling through my extensive collection photo files. The reference photos for this painting go all the way back to a Southwestern odyssey we made in 2013. This vista is from Painted Desert National Park in Arizona not far from the visitor center.
Counting Sheep (pen and ink 11 x 11) $500 framed; $450 unframed
My daughter says my sheep is smug–smug because he can count. Let him be smug, as long as he, not me, does the midnight counting.
Chimney Rock (watercolor 9 x 12) available
Tooth, Badlands National Park (watercolor 9 x 12) available
This paintings reach far back into my photo file to an auto trip from Nebraska home to Oregon some ten years ago. These two paintings are of little outcrops in Badlands National Park, South Dakota.
Sage Brush Spring (watercolor 12 x 20) $600 framed; $500 unframed
Framed in brushed pewter blue metal with white mat.
Dry Meadow (watercolor 14 x 19) available
It got pretty dry on our walks under Sprague this summer. The dryness has it’s own beauty.
Wood's Edge (watercolor 16 x 21) available
We often hike in the woods below Sprague High School. This is the upper entrance to the trail. Lit from behind, the shadows are an invitation to walk in the woods.
The Covid Line (watercolor 16 x 23) available
Our laundry now sports multiple face coverings for protecting self and others during the Covid 19 pandemic. Like all laundry, it’s at least pretty on the line.
Back-Lit Bramble (watercolor 16 x 23) available
We aren’t going much of anywhere this summer due to Covid-19. Lucky for us, nearby Croisen Scenic Trail provides endless scenic fodder. This particular scene, is in the less trafficked part of the trail below Sprague High School.
In my Cumulus Balloon (13 x 15 pen and ink) available
I’ve always wanted to float on the clouds.
Digitally Altered Limited Edition Prints: 8 x 10 $40; 11 x 14 $75.
Cloud Balloon Colorized (digitally altered pen and ink) 8 x 10 $40; 11 x 14 $75
Cloud Balloon on White (digitally altered pen and ink) 8 x 10 $40; 11 x 14 $75
Tree Pose: Root Your Foot Down (pen and ink 11 x 18) available
In many standing yoga poses the instructions are to root down through your standing leg. That seems particularly fitting for tree pose.
Digitally Altered Limited Edition Prints: 9 x 12 $6o.
Tree Pose on White (digitally altered pen and ink 11 x 14) $60
The Ultimate Alley View Take Two (watercolor 10 x 13) commission
A little commissioned piece based on a larger more colorful painting I did some years ago.
The Whale Titanic (archival pen 10 x 14) sold limited edition prints available
The Titanic was whale of a ship. This Titanic is a whale and unlike the original, it’s meant to dive.
Needled by Ravens (India ink 13 x 15) available
A second ink drawing of a pine tree with raven needles. This time a used gnarled and twisted old Ponderosa Pine from the edge of the Grand Canyon as a model.
Digitally Altered Prints Available: 8 x 10 $40; 11 x 14 $75.
Needled by Ravens on White (digitally altered pen and ink) 8 x 10 $40; 11 x 14 $75
The Raven Tree (2 x 21 archival pen) available
When I look at pines I often see things in the branches the way other people see things in the clouds. From there to a tree of ravens wasn’t much of a stretch.
Fine art prints are available. I’ve also digital manipulated the tree so as to place it on a couple different backgrounds for printing. Those images can be seen and purchased here.
Park Giant (watercolor 17 x 23) available
Portrait of an imposing pine tree in the Salem, Oregon Pioneer Cemetery.
Orange and Blue Mesa (alcohol ink 5 x 7) $50.00 unframed
A little painting of a fantasy mesa.
Three Trees in a Stony Landscape (alcohol ink 5 x 7) available
Another fantasy alcohol ink landscape.
Dappled Spring Trail (watercolor 16 x 23) Sold
Dappled Spring Trail II (watercolor 13 x 21) available
Two sunny spring views, of the trial below our house in Salem, Oregon. Croisan Creek Trail, is an endless source of inspiration. During the current shelter in place orders, it is even more valuable as an escape.
Harbor Abstract II (17 x 23 watercolor) available
A harbor existing only in my teeming brain.
Stone-Drop Before the Bridge (watercolor 13 x 18) available
Water is ever fascinating. This time it is the ripple pattern caused by a stone landing the the Llangollen Canal, in Shropshire, England that caught my eye.
