First Light
Artwork
Hurst’s Point
A Rare Sandbar
Waiting for His Master
Happy Cows
While painting this one from behind a rusty barbwire fence running along the overgrowth by the riverbank, I had an odd thought of what would happen if a cow came charging down the little path I was on. I sorta game-planned how I would step back into a little clearing behind my easel to let […]
South Fork of the Middle Fork of the North Fork
High Tide Campout
Sun and Wave
Revelation
Afternoon Inside the Point
While Everyone Slept
Right After Breakfast
Rising up with the sun Oh how we are blessed We’ll get it all done Right after breakfast A lonely spigot Sweet water from rust We’ll refill our jugs Right after breakfast We’ll hang our food high Or else bury it we must We’ll hide it from bears Right after breakfast We’ll commit our […]
Fire and Ice II
Fire and Ice
Morning Meditations
The Other Side of the River
Homestead
Just as the Clouds Lifted
Trying to Paint in the Rain
When the Rain Finally Stopped
Shipwreck
Spring in Mexico
Sheltered from the Wind
Backside of the Dunes
California Poppies
After this piece I came to the conclusion that the nearly unbearable intensity of the color of California poppies in bright sunshine may just be one of nature’s cruelest tricks ever hoisted upon unsuspecting plein air painters. It’s just not fair, really.