"Chisos Peaks"

Oil on panel, 6"x8"

This is another piece from the Basin Road of the Chisos Mountains started on location and completed in the studio.

"Approaching the Chisos"

Oil on panel, 8"x6"



Just Back from Big Bend where I did some plein air work. It was extremely hot but that did not keep me from my appointed task. This is a rock formation north of and facing the Chisos mountains.

"Skyline Ranch Horses" en plein air

OIl on panel, 11"x14"
From my workshop in Carbondale, Colorado I did the plein air work on this piece in just over an hour. We had little time left to paint when I started this piece but I really wanted to get this one going. I painted very fast and blocked the entire painting in but my horses looked a bit like stick figures. I toned down the background and increased the foreground shadow per the suggestion of our instructor George Strickland. I think the painting came off pretty good considering how fast it was painted.

"Redstone" en plein air

oil on panel, 12"x9"
This painting was started en plein air and completed in the studio. I got the entire painting blocked in and almost completed on location. I did adjust a few things after bringing it home.

"Trees and Mt. Sopris" 20 minute plein air

oil on panel, 6"x8"

This is another of those 20 minute plein air paintings from the George Strickland workshop in Carbondale, Colorado. It is very difficult to paint anything remotely recognizable in 2o minutes. These exercises force you to see the big picture very quickly and to lay color down and leave it alone.

"Maroon Bells - Plein Air"

Oil on Panel, 11"x14"
Friday 6/10 was my last day in Colorado. I painted this scene of the Maroon Bells outside of Aspen en Plein Air. The photos show the painting in progress and my view of one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen.