Winter took a while to get here but it has truly arrived. I am trying to keep hiking up the mountain every morning along with snow clearing. The most important thing though is painting. I will continue posting new artwork on this site but the highway is getting short.
Morning hike
I was glad to hear this painting sold through Radius Gallery in Missoula, Montana. I was excited about pursuing these color schemes and autumnal emotions but time keeps pushing on.
The gallery still has a great collection of my art available. Great gallery in a really fun town.
My final post of 2023. One of my favorite recent works. A celebration of mother nature and the beauty of the Northwest!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays 2023!
More inspiration from the home water, Lake Pend Oreille in North Idaho! I am obsessed with the changing landscape and it is an endless well of inspiration.
I used to consider 18”x24” to be a large painting. They now seem small but are a really great size to work on. Plenty of room for expression but small enough to cover relatively quickly, I am working on a series of these misty images with plans to paint much larger work in the near future. My plans are always fluid, always following my enthusiasm of the moment.
Happy Holidays!!
Fall has slipped into winter. Thought I would share this new painting to commemorate the season finale. I rarely varnish and frame work as soon as I complete it but this painting cried out to be fully finished. I do not generally chase the season when I am painting but I follow my enthusiasms and nature is always sparking my imagination.
New work on the easel today. I am working on a few of these epic images. A tribute to the mood and limited sunlight of the winter season.
“Radius Gallery’s WORLD, December 12th – December 30th,” www.radiusgallery.com
I have 8 paintings available in this exciting holiday show. I drove over to Missoula recently to drop off the work. Such a beautiful contemporary art gallery.
Work continues, patterns reveal. Painting is always an exploration with endless potential like the best things in life.
We woke up to snow this morning, to mark the start of December. I thought I would mark the occasion with a small winter painting from 2022. This one was sold to a collector. I am also attaching a video from my morning hike, such a change overnight!
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