Pacific Oyster

Pacific Oyster, oil on linen, 10" X 10", 2012

$300 USD gallery wrap canvas
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This is the first of fifteen or so paintings I recently completed to hang at Willows Inn on Lummi Island, which is one of those few perfect places on earth. These oysters are one of several varieties that are found in the waters of the Salish Sea.

First came across these in a dish at the Inn... grilled oysters with sage, tequila and brown butter. Yum!

Out to Pasture

Out to Pasture, oil on linen, 9" X 24", 2012 

$300 USD unframed

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This is the last of the Montana trip paintings, and perhaps my personal favorite of the bunch.

Sketchbook Saturday

Choteau rodeo!

Old School House

Old School House, oil on linen, 8" X 10", 2012 

$250 USD framed

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The proverbial one room school house. Circa early 1900's.

Right after I finished, I ran into the proverbial three bears:

(taken from a safe distance)

Willows Inn Rye Bread (sold)

Willows Inn Rye Bread, oil on linen, 5" X 7", 2012 

sold

A little break from the landscapes (just two more to go...) and then you'll start to see the series I've been working on that I just hung at Willows Inn on Lummi Island.

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From the July 3rd concert in the park in Choteau.

Gully

Gully, oil on linen, 9" X 12", 2012 

$275 USD framed

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I saw a deer grazing in this gully the day before, so of course I had to come back and paint it...

Grazing Herd

Grazing Herd, oil on linen, 9" X 12", 2012 

$275 USD framed

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A herd was kind enough to pose...  :)

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Chickens!

Rocky Mountain Front Valley (sold)

Rocky Mountain Front Valley, oil on linen, 9" X 12", 2012 

(sold)

There's a stop on the road from Choteau to Augusta that talks about dinosaur bone finds at Egg Mountain.
Now, I've never seen any fossils, but at nearly every stop I paint at, I find some bones-- most often deer. This time I took a few vertebrae back for some still life work in the future.
This stop looks over a valley all the way to the mountain range 20-30 miles away. I usually paint on the other side of this valley-- closer to the mountains.
The detail in this piece is a little lost in the thumbnail-- I really encourage clicking on it to look at the larger pic!

Priest Butte

Priest Butte, oil on linen, 8" X 20", 2012 

$395 USD framed

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Second painting of the trip-- just outside Choteau's city limits.

Sketchbook Saturday

I know it's been awhile, but here's the return of Sketchbook Saturdays...

These were done in a hotel bar in LA a little while back during a business trip.