Evening Clouds Over the Mountains

When you live in Moscow, Idaho, you either come to love every variation of the look of the mountains or you take them for granted. Being married to a girl who has loved them all her life, it was inevitable I would come to love their ever-changing looks, too. Much like the ocean, they are never look the same day to day. So...one more view, in late summer, with pastels.

Grauke's Teepee

Our good friends, John and Donna Grauke, won the bid on a commissioned piece from me at last year's Friends of Logos auction. The subject was up to the winner and they chose their teepee in the winter. It was a delight to do a place that they take so much joy in using with the kids and grandkids!

Vault & Light In Bath Abbey

The few cathedrals and abbeys we saw in England were all breath-taking. No one builds like this anymore - especially for the worship of God. Bath Abbey was one of our favorite sites (as well as one which allowed photography), so I thought a painting of it was in order.

Abandoned Farmhouse

Once again I raided my grandfather's stash of photos and prints. He did a version of this image many years ago and it hangs in my sister's home in Portland. I've admired it for a long time and since my sister probably wasn't going to part with Grandpa's painting soon (or ever), I figured I'd try my hand at the same image. The above is the result...not exactly like Grandpa's version, but it'll have to do.

Balclutha Out of Bristol

I was rummaging through my grandfather's files again, since I had a hankering for another ship painting. I found this one, which I assume Grandpa also did a version of since it paint specks on it - how cool is that? The original painting (by Oswald Brett) is based on an actual incident wherein the cargo ship Balclutha nearly sank off the Bristol coast. I liked the action, color and the fact that my daughter now lives in Bristol! It was fun to do, with all the various textures of sea, sky, canvas and hull. (I used 300 lb Arches, which is sweet paper!)

We Need a Little Christmas

Much as I love the sunlight we've enjoyed for weeks, I just thought it'd be fun to do a little pastel to remember one day last winter - Moscow Mountain at sunset.