Happy Valentine's Day. Desert Sunset is my latest contemporary abstract painting. My color palette certainly seems to be geared in the red hues these days and so I thought this would make the perfect Valentine post. I love the color red especially when I am painting...

Mt Helena is fast becoming one of my favorite Montana landmarks. It hovers over the city of Helena in a majestic pose that stirs both awe and beauty in ones soul. This is the second painting I have created of Mt. Helena. For some reason she always seems to be calling...

Every interior office space needs a splash of color. Curt Drake founder of The Drake Law Firm PC located here in Helena recently commissioned this 3 ft x 4 ft abstract painting. Mr. Drake has a passion for color and abstracts. He says that after reading legal...

The Ironwood Tree stands tall and proud as she offers a home to two small California swallows. This unique painting was created on a wooden box frame. Both the tree and the swallows are delicately cut out of half inch birch plywood which have been painted and then...

The only birds that seem to be hanging around Helena these days are the crows. I must say that they are some of the feistiest creatures I have ever observed. They are also some of nature's most playful and humorous birds. As an artist I enjoy looking at their rich...

Autumn Cliffs is a practice painting for a larger painting I will be doing. I have been challenging myself to work with sky, water and land. I find it fascinating to see how light inter plays on all three thus creating a myriad of shadows and highlights. If your...

I just finished this semi abstract painting, Summer Wheat #3, for a wonderful artist who lives in Maine, Dixie Redmond. Dixie is a highly skilled and diligent artist. She loves making dolls but she is also a painter. Her created works emanate with a simplicity and...

I want to take a break from my regular art posting to tell you about a wonderful artist, colleague and teacher, her name is KC Willis of Boulder Colorado.KC. is a woman with true artistic style. She has a passion for the women of the early west, Annie Oakley, Sadie...

This is painting # 8 in my mountain abstract series. As I drive around Montana viewing the different mountain ranges I am struck by the beauty of the valleys. It is these lush fertile valleys where ranchers heard cattle and plant abundant wheat fields. Without a doubt...

I took a small step away from some abstract elements to create this painting. While the tree is more realistic in structure the background has some elements of an abstract painting with it’s rust and cream background, blue mountains and aqua ground. I enjoy making...