Saturday, February 27, 2021


A scene in Washoe Valley between Reno and Carson City, Nevada. In winter the fields dry up to a wonderful gold.

Franktown Fields - 8x10 - oil on wood panel

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Tuesday, February 16, 2021


 A small painting - a remembrance of our one and only trip to Hawaii. Must go there again sometime - post-mask world!

Small Hawaii - 6x6 - oil on wood panel

Saturday, February 13, 2021


Another piece from my little hike the other day in the Virginia City, NV hills. We locals take for granted these vistas - I guess being a painter makes one re-appreciate! Is that correct grammar?  😄

Sagebrush Hills - 8x10 - oil on wood panel

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Friday, February 12, 2021


I took a hike in the hills below Virginia City, Nevada yesterday and was taken by these stately pinion pines - they grow in harsh conditions and grow to a ripe old age - unless some cuts them down for a Christmas Tree.
Pinion Pine, Virginia City - 6x6, oil on wood panel

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Wednesday, February 10, 2021


I found this scene in Dayton, NV in the fall and changed it up a lot for this painting. The cabin here is some weird irrigation building in real life. I’m so glad I paint so I can occasionally escape real life! I imagined some old moonshiner holed up in his secret hideaway, waiting for the moonlit night...


The Moonshiners Cabin
11x14 - oil on wood panel

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Thursday, February 4, 2021


I pass this scene several times a week, but this day the light was what I have hoped for.  Wanted to give the impression of how the mountains do really rise up like this in the Carson Valley of Nevada.
"Carson Valley Light" - 12x12 - oil on wood panel.

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Wednesday, February 3, 2021


"Long Cold Winter"
6x6 - oil on wood panel

We just had a glorious snowstorm here out west - here's a view I saw on my way home the other day.  The scene reference is actually a graveyard I pulled into - forgive me for not rendering it as such!


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I finally finished my latest painting that I sketched in a couple days ago.  This is the Nevada state line at the California border in Verdi...