Spring in Nevada - it is coming again soon, but we must have patience!  I painted this this past spring of a scene near Gardnerville, NV - there are fantastic farm scenes here, with the Sierra as a backdrop!  This scene caught my eye partly due to the little irrigation ditch which is a great leading line into the painting.

Alaskan Fireweed - home and office decor photography

This is a photograph I created up in Alaska several years ago.  The fireweed was blooming in full effect that summer, and I found this scene just off the road on the way to Homer.   As I recall I believe I climbed on top of our rented RV to get this vantage point.  That's a dormant volcano in the background.  One of my faves!

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scenic Nevada landscape paintings

The Approach of Autumn
11x14
oil on wood panel

This was inspired by a scene near Genoa, Nevada.

Pyramid Lake painting

I painted this scene of Pyramid Lake last year - 8x10 - oil on wood panel.  I wanted to give the impression of the wide open skies that we have here in Nevada.  I've visited this site several times throughout the years - even took a couple of families out there for their family portraits!  John C. Fremont was perhaps the first non-native to see the lake (a stray mountain man could have beaten him to it), and he named it Pyramid Lake, for obvious reasons.

The old Riverside Hotel oil painting - Reno, Nevada

The Riverside Hotel was a Reno icon back in the day - hosting many celebrities and anchoring the location of the first toll bridge across the Truckee River.  Today it enjoys re-purposed life as the Riverside Artist Lofts.  I do not live there, but who knows - one day?

The Riverside
8x10
oil on wood panel

New year - new blog - new art!

OK, and here we go!  Super Bowl Sunday seems like the perfect time to create a blog.  Please allow me to opine about painting, photography, art in general, and maybe life!  Hopefully you will check back and check in with this humble artist from Reno, Nevada.

I created this piece just the other day - fall color as seen in the Carson Valley of Nevada.  It's 6x6" - just a tad bigger than your cell phone!