Here at last are some of the studies that I did on the Yellowstone winter painting trip:  They are all in the 8×10 to the 9×12 range.

For more on the trip be sure to pick up a copy of the summer arts issue of Big Sky Journal- I’ve written an article about [...]

Every once in a while I have a crazy scheme that somehow works.  This one involved Yellowstone in winter via snowcoach.  Throw in some artists, a photographer and away we go.  Every time I paint Yellowstone in winter I think, “I have to share this place with some other artists.” Yellowstone’s longest and arguably most [...]

For years I’ve done charcoal preparatory drawings, and then put them in a drawer.  A few friends have seen my “stash” and encouraged me to show them, so I thought I’d talk about this critical step in my creative process.  My process is to do a plein air painting in oil or pastel, and then [...]