Bottom of Grand Teton Peak SOLD (Click here to see auction results on eBay)

This entry is the last one for getting me caught up, but expect a new shot of this painting soon. I'm going to paint back into it because of some glaring problems. Click on the image for a larger view.

Loaded with Everything SOLD (Click here to see auction results on eBay)

This is a painting of one of our breakfasts treats at the hotel we stayed at in Phoenix. My daughter graduated with her Masters in Sociology on the 16th of this month, and we stayed there 3 nights while Phoenix went thru an early heatwave. 108 degrees all three days. It was such a dry heat though, I only needed one loaded bagel for breakfast. Click on the image for a lrger view

Cracked Rock SOLD (Click here to see auction results on eBay)

This is one of my favorite paintings in the last week. I guess you would have had to been at Jenny's lake to understand why. Maybe it's just the composition. Click on the image for a larger view.

Path to Hidden Falls SOLD (Click here to see results on eBay)

Here's a painting that is still available on eBay. The other day I decided to paint on a larger surface, so I borrowed a 16x20 canvas from my son. Loved all the room I had, but I ended up putting too many knit-picky details in. There was alot of information I left out, believe it or not, so some of it was necessary. Click on the image for a larger view.

Moab Formation #2 SOLD (Click here to see eBay results)

This is the second painting I did of Moab on our trip. We left 5 days early for my daughters' graduation in Phoenix so I would be able to travel thru some of my favorite spots to shoot reference for some future paintings. We spent 3 nights in Jackson, Wyoming, and had plans to go directly to Cedar City in Utah after, but we decide to go the back route south, and avoided the freeways and thier lack of good scenery. I shot farms and ranches and fields and streams all the way down to Moab, getting there around midnight. Click on the image for a larger view.

Highway Stream SOLD (Click here to see eBay results)

Here is another Wyoming scene that has already finished it's auction on eBay. This painting will always remind me of the trek through the pass near Ten Sleep. They closed the roads right after we went past the gate. Even the snow plows were stopped waiting for the wind to subside at the summit. We stopped and ask if it was safe to continue because we could only go about 3 miles per hour. All we had left was 5 more miles and luckily we kept going. Good memories. Click on the image for a larger view.

Moab Morning SOLD (Click here to see eBay results)

This is the first painting I was able to paint at my son's house in San Marcos. Unfortunately it has already finished on eBay. I have been so busy with hanging out here, and watching the new arrival come home, that inbetween illustration work and trying to do a new painting every other day, I have not been keeping up on my blog posts. I have this one, and six more to catch you up on. Click on the image for a larger view.

Grand Teton Peak SOLD (Click here to see auction results on eBay)

Here is the first painting that I've been able to do since leaving S.D. last Friday. It's the standout icon of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the main peak in the Tetons; Grand Teton. I'll probably post alot more of these in the coming week. I've decide to create a study of Teton Park on a larger scale that I will try to get shown in a gallery there. Click on the image for a larger view.

Salt and Pepper and Heinz Ketchup SOLD (Click here to see auction results on eBay)

I thought I would try a more dramatically lit Hienz bottle. It's even more of a backlit scene than the previous painting. Click on the image for a larger view.

Top it Off SOLD (Click it here to see auction results on eBay)

Here's a cup of coffe where I was determined to paint with thicker layers of pint overall and not get so fussy with rendered out edges. It's tightly painted in a loose style. Make sense? I would have liked to have gotten even more paint on the surface with the same amount of control. Click on the image for a larger view.

Preserves on a Shelf SOLD (Click here to see auction results on eBay)

I borrowed some canned vegetables from my mom, which she won't be getting back, and set these up in our halway closet. Her basement had no light at all except a single incandesant bulb, so I thought the dual thin light reflections of the two doorways made a more interesting visual. I knew the colors were going to be a little on the Christmas side, so I made sure it was a dimly lit scene. Click on the image for a larger view.