Imagine Slocan Lake in Natural Jazz

                                                      Imagine Slocan Lake in Natural Jazz
                                              Oil, wood, glue on canvas, 20x30in. April 2018

View from Salmo Creston Pass

                                                         View from Salmo Creston Pass
                                                       oil on canvas 20x24in. April 2018

Imagine Slocan Lake

                                                                      Imagine Slocan Lake
                                                             24x30in. oil on canvas Nov. 2017

A back to basics painting, just to break things up.

Rancho Alderliesten

                                      
                                       Rancho Alderiesten, 30x47in. oil on canvas, Jan. 2017

                                                      Commission painted for a friend.

Spokane Glacier as seen from Meadow Mountain

                                     
                                      Spokane Glacier 24x30in. oil on canvas Feb 2017

Landscapes

                                                      Slocan Lake 16x20 oil June 2016

                                                        Valhalla 16x20 oil June 2016

                                                      Slocan River 20x24 oil June 2016

Paulson Fire colour study 2015

              Colour study for large scale painting of the Paulson fire 2015, oil on canvas 18x24in.

North Kootenay Lake

 North end of Kootenay Lake, 20x24in. graphite on paper, 2011

North end of Kootenay Lake, 20x24in. oil on canvas, 2011

Some older pieces that I enjoyed making, a lot, I am so busy with tents at the moment that I have not  been able to make paintings, but seeing these again was cool.
I have found a new studio to work out of, my good friend Bartel is renting me his shop, its the perfect space to work from, and its a two minute walk from my old home! Very excited to be so close to my son, and my old stompin grounds!

Valhalla Stream

                                            Valhalla stream, 31x41in. oil on canvas,  2013

Another older painting from 2013, still on display at the Rossland Art Gallery, you never know someday someone might buy it!

Kootenay light

                                     Kootenay Light, 16x20in, oil on canvas, June 23 2015

Buddies

                                         The hiking buddies, 22x28in. oil on canvas, 2014

Going over some paintings I have stored, I came across this one, I thought it was worth posting.

View along the Salmo Creston

                           Along the Salmo Creston, 18x24in, oil on canvas, June 17 2015


A beautiful afternoon, a painting that is not quite finished, but the paint is thick and wet and I will wait to put some final touches and enhance the composition.

Two Late Arrivals

                          Draw that looks like a diving bird, 8x10in oil on birch panel, June 8 2015

                                 North from Bannock, 12x16in oil on canvas, June 9 2015

These two oil sketches need some touch after I got back home, touched them up this morning, and presto, two more pieces.

Valhalla Homestead

                             Valhalla Homestead, 8x10in. oil on birch panel, June 9 2015

Slocan Lake from New Denver

                        Perfectly hot day, Slocan Lake, 20x24in, oil on canvas June 8 2015

Spent a super hot day under a shade tree by the lake, good decision, I was nice and cool by the water and managed to kick out this oil sketch, needs a bit of touch yet but I think it represents the iconic Slocan Lake view.

Power House

                                         Old Power House 8x10in. oil on birch, June 6 2015

This old power house along the Kootenay River has seemed like a good painting subject to me for a number of years, finally got to it yesterday.

Taghum BC

                         Low water, High Noon, Taghum 16x20in oil on canvas, May 22 2015

The river is low, the glacial runoff and rainwater usually fills it by July, here's hoping that the dry hot summer being predicted isn't too severe.

Afternoon sketch

                               Beacon Light at Balfour 16x20in. oil on canvas May 18 2015

A quick oil sketch between tent jobs.

One of my favourite spots

                                          Above Slocan, 16x20in. oil on canvas, May 2 2015


I really like this spot to paint from. I am high up on a bluff, way above the water, and getting a really interesting angle of repose from here. I love the way the wind and water make S shapes on the water surface, how the sounds of people in boats carry up toward me, how the crows and ravens are always checking me out as they float past the bluffs.

                A progression

Prescott AZ

                         Ancient tree and rocks, graphite pencil on paper, 11x14in. Mar 13 2015

Hangin' around Prescott Arizona for a few days, then off to Phoenix to pick up Evan.
Nice place, Prescott, pronounced Preskitt by the locals.