Saturday, January 17, 2009

New Series of Smaller Works

I have working on a new series this month. They are much smaller than any of my previous works, 12" x12". They are based on my impression of Yellowstone NP, from the one time I have been there. We visited in April, I think. There were still several feet of snow on the ground all the lakes were completely frozen over, the sky was overcast overhead and totally clear on the horizon in every direction. The burned-over landscape from the '80s fires there seemed so strange with many of the fire damaged trees scraping at the gray sky. Everything was back-lit. This definitely reinforced the connection in my mind between this land and the of the pictures in the National Geographic magazine articles detailing those fires.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Newly Completed Works.

I have been able to spend a lot of time Painting in my studio over the last couple of months. Here are the works I completed in December.

'Totem' 36" X 60"




'Heirlooms' 36" X 48"



'Winter Sparrow' 46" X 80"