Fall is a beautiful time of year but always a bit melancholy. Daylight getting shorter and all the more precious. It has proven especially inspiring to me this year.
Zen
Tag: nature
Lullaby (Missoula)
I have eight new paintings available now at Radius Gallery in Missoula, Montana. An incredibly beautiful contemporary art gallery in the heart of downtown Missoula. I had not had work available through Radius for a number of years… good to be back!
Crossing (Missoula)
This is one of eight new paintings I have available at Radius Gallery in Missoula, Montana. It’s an incredible gallery and I am excited to have new work there once again.
I drove the collection over to Missoula yesterday! The drive was so beautiful along the Clark Fork River and then following the Flathead River east. Just a gorgeous part of the country, I hate taking a day off from the studio but it was a day of recharging and inspiration.
Range (Montana)
Inspiration from big sky country, it’s only right that I send it to a great gallery in Montana, Radius Gallery. This is one of eight pieces bound for Missoula, Montana.
Floating
A small yet mighty new painting. Celebrating the cloud breaks of autumn.
I now have two of these 12” square beauties. I will probably send them to a gallery but I am still trying to sort out what is going where.
Lake Dream
Lake Pend Oreille has been a constant source of inspiration in my painting for nearly eight years. The shifting atmospherics through the seasons fills me with enthusiasm. The weather can be pretty rough but the studio stays warmish.
Lullaby
This painting is part of a collection of works that will be available through Radius Gallery in Missoula, Montana. Wild – Wondrous – World is the landscape exhibit which opens in December.
I am currently varnishing, framing and sorting through work for the show. I will have eight pieces of various sizes, this will probably be the largest.
Lakeside
Inspiration from a gorgeous fall on Lake Pend Oreille in North Idaho. It has been a warm and colorful autumn in my neck of the woods. A windstorm cleared out a lot of the leaves but I’m not done with them just yet.
Feeding (SOLD)
This painting was recently sold through RiverSea Gallery in Astoria, Oregon. The trout portrait was part of a collection of wildlife portraits I painted in 2019. I always intended to hang onto one of these small paintings but I shipped them all away.
Silver and Gold
Fall is a gorgeous time of year, also a bit melancholy. The color and lighting of the season is incredibly inspiring. It pulls me away from the work I was planning. More autumnal images to come.
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