2013
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One of my favorite ways to have fun with art is to make a collage. I found the first Princess Feather Hat in my studio under some watercolors and thought it was the perfect image to inspire a new series. So, here’s the second incarnation of the princess. To tell you the God’s Honest Truth,…
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It all started in 1986…
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My painting Florence Doors made its debut last night in the Foray III exhibition, the new show put on by the Treasure Valley Artists’ Alliance. The show runs through February 20, 2014. This painting appeared in an earlier form at the Thresholds show two years ago, but I put it back on the easel and…
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Lina moved to Chicago. Logan moved across town in Boise. Melissa and I are without our beloved kids in the house. So we text ’em, FaceTime ’em, call ’em, and look forward to visits. The Christmas card this year still shows the family together, made possible by the miracle of technology. Not to mention the…
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I took an image of a painting from several years ago and worked it over a bit.
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It started a long time ago. My parents have home movies of me riding my bike as a kid. When I first learned to ride, my method for stopping was to crash. They must’ve tried to teach me about brakes, but I wasn’t interested. After that I enjoyed tons and tons of great bike adventures.…
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I painted a bunch of little canvases with a naples yellow ground and I’m having fun experimenting with different approaches and styles. These are photos of a few of ’em in process.
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Each month I make a little image to decorate the Treasure Valley Artists’ Alliance website. The site needed something to help remind people that the content was changed at least monthly, but it was also an excuse to make word art. I finished December today, warmed by our fancy fake fireplace and with the help…
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A tradition at our house is to make Christmas gifts by hand. I came across this composite image of nine tiny little door paintings I painted a couple years ago. Good inspiration for this year’s gifts.
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Here’s my first “angel” painting that I completed a while back. It was one of those days when I was painting and wiping away and painting and wiping away…. my typical, frustrating approach to working. I wiped away the gown but the paint came off only partially. It was just one of those moments when…
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One of the cool things that an image editor app like GIMP or Photoshop does is to give me a chance to view a painting in process with new changes, new lighting, new effects, and a ton of other crazy stuff. In some cases — in the best of cases — I get an idea…
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This little painting is almost done.
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Just found this photo of the actual street in New Orleans that inspired the Bike Alley series. The owner of the house was a pirate married to a princess and the bike itself was said to be ridden only at night by a ghost. The picture’s dated 1898 but some say that’s simply not true.…
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This piece was painted to help raise funds for Boise Contemporary Theater and for their production of Red, by John Logan.
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Bike Alley in the Fall, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches This piece is based on the original Bike Alley that was the announcement image for Coming Into View earlier this year at the Carol Robinson Gallery. This bad boy shipped off to Carol this week to be included in the annual Art for…
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Payette Lake, watercolor This was painted on the back of a fish I caught in my teeth. After painting it, I placed the fish, which I had named Butch Otter, back in the water. The painting quickly dissolved as Butch Otter swam away. As he disappeared from view, I heard our ancient neighbor lady whistling…
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Yep, it’s named after the orange soda. This was painted to help raise funds for Idaho Parents Unlimited, an organization that assists families of children with disabilities. Fantabike, oil on board, 12 x 12 inches
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This is a watercolor study to help me figure out the chair in Bike Alley . If you take apart a treble clef and re-compose it into a chair, it might look like this.
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Same canvas, different painting. this painting was originally included in my solo show in Boise called Thresholds. After the show came down it hung on Lina and Ian’s wall for a while, then it went back into the studio. It evolved again and went to the Carol Robinson Gallery for Coming Into View. Check back later…
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Okay, here’s the thing. I’ve been workin’ on these paintings for Carol Robinson. And I mean All. The live-long. Day. So, when I rediscovered the Gipsy Kings on Spotify, and when everything came together and the painting was going great and all the stars were aligned and it all became a wonderful moment in the…
Angels on Bikes 