Skyline
Oil on linen panel, 8" x 6". A cluster of curl leaf mountain mahogany breaks up the rolling golden grass covered hills that are found at higher elevations in southeastern Oregon. Mountain mahogany can live 1,350 years, making them some of the oldest flowering plants on earth.
Devil's Lake
Oil on linen panel, 8" x 8". Spring comes to Devil's Lake in the Central Oregon Cascades as the ice melts to reveal the beautiful turquoise waters of this shallow mountain lake. Available for purchase, unframed
Great Egret
Oil on linen, 30" x 23". A great egret glides effortlessly across the summer sky. The pale green face and long feather plumes extending down to its feet show that breeding season is here. This bird is common throughout the Americas, and this individual was observed flying over the crocodile infested Tarcoles river in Costa Rica. Available for purchase, framed
Rimrock Ranch
Oil on hardboard, 10" x 8". A dilapidated shack stands at the base of Whychus Canyon in Central Oregon, calling back to early settlement of the area, which was a popular stop along the Santiam Wagon Trail in the late 1800s. Available for purchase, unframed
Refuge
Oil on stretched linen, 20"x16". Late summer in the high country of Hart Mountain Antelope Refuge finds this pronghorn buck and does enjoying the expansive view. A lonely mountain mahogany punctuates the expansive sagebrush steppe of southeastern Oregon's high desert country. Available for purchase, unframed
Spanish Flat
Oil on linen panel, 10"x8". Just before sunset, the last bit of light peaks over the ridge at my back, bathing Spanish Flat in a warm golden light. The sagebrush and juniper, shaded by the ridge of Hart Mountain in Lake County, Oregon, take on the soft subtle colors of the Great Basin. Available for purchase, framed
Malheur Outcrop
Oil on hardboard, 8"x6". The view looking west from Malheur National Wildlife Refuge showing typical Great Basin juniper and sagebrush and rock outcroppings that dominate the landscape. Available for purchase, framed
Fall Patchwork
Oil on hardboard, 8"x6". Malheur Marsh study exploring the patchwork of colors found in the autumn wetlands. Available for purchase, framed Anyone who has lived through an active wildfire season in the West will recognize the strange colors and lighting you see when wildfire smoke is hanging in the sky. The hazy look in the distant hills is from lingering smoke during the most destructive fire season in Oregon history.
Alpaca Selfie
Oil on linen panel 8"x8". During an outing to my local alpaca farm, I held up my cell phone in selfie mode and this curious alpaca came to check out her own good looks on my phone screen so I snapped a few photos. Apparently, she has been enjoying some alfalfa because she still has some green globs on her lips. Available for purchase, framed.
Winter Terns
Oil on hardboard 12'x12". A group of terns in winter plumage, comprised of three Royal and one Sandwich Tern, rest in the surf along Florida's gulf coast. Private collection.
Afternoon in the Basin and Range
Oil on hardboard, 12" x 12". The late afternoon sun illuminates the steppe in the land of basin and range. The warm greens, violet shadows, and golden light are the essence of the subtle beauty of the high desert. Available for purchase, framed
Kalaloch
Oil on hardboard, 3" x 2". A typical scene on Washington's Pacific coast. Private collection.
Ruddy Turnstone
Oil on hardboard, 4" x 6". The gentle waves of the Gulf of Mexico deliver a meal to this little shore bird. Private collection
Hart Mountain Antelope
Oil on hardboard, 8" x 6". A herd of pronghorn bathed in the morning light in southeastern Oregon. Private collection.
Rabbit Hills
Oil on hardboard, 24" x 14". Summer in the Warner Wetlands with the Rabbit Hills in the distance. Available for purchase, framed
Bullock's Oriole
Oil on hardboard, 3" x 2.5". Bullock's Oriole in a willow tree. Available for purchase, framed
Last Light
Oil on hardboard, 10" x 8". Fiery sunset over southern the southern Arizona desert. Private collection.
Eli
Oil on hardboard, 8" x 8". Commissioned, private collection
Hart Mountain
Oil on hardboard, 8" x 6". Hart Mountain as seen from the east. The northern point of the butte catches the sun peeking between the clouds in late summer when the rabbit brush is in bloom. Private Collection.
Nootka Rose
Oil on hardboard, 3" x 3". Northwest native rose blooming with a profusion of sweet smelling, dainty pink blossoms. Private collection.
Great Basin
Oil on hardboard, 3" x 3". The late afternoon sun peeks over the rise of Hart Mountain and baths the plain in golden light. Private collection.
Game Trail
Oil on linen, 8" x 6". Springtime in Yellowstone National Park. Private collection.
Cloudburst Over Poker Jim Ridge
Oil on hardboard, 6" x 4". The rain dries up before it hits the ground over Poker Jim Ridge. Private Collection.
Happy Sled Dogs
Ink on mulberry paper, 6" x 6", hand pulled linocut. Fall training in the ponderosas with a couple of lucky dogs. Signed and numbered original print edition of 8, available for purchase.
Lucy
Ink on mulberry paper, 6" x 6", hand pulled linocut. Inspired by our backyard chicken Lucy, a good friend and egg layer. Signed and numbered original print edition of 7, available for purchase.
Reflections
Oil on hardboard, 9" x 8". A redhead and canvasback duck and study in watery reflections. Private Collection.
Summer Range
Oil on hardboard 8"x6". A pair of pronghorn does on their summer range in southeastern Oregon. Available for purchase, unframed
Beaty's Butte
Oil on hardboard, 6" x 8". Looking towards Beaty's Butte through the skeleton of a burned curlleaf mountain mahogany from Hart Mountain in southeastern Oregon. Private Collection.
Hart Canyon
Oil on hardboard, 8" x 6". Deep blue shadows bath the steep walls of Hart Canyon. Private collection
Otter Bench
Oil on hardboard, 12" x 9". The Crooked River Canyon glows in the afternoon sun in contrast to the cool violets and greens of the sagebrush and juniper on Otter Bench. Private collection.
Musher's Cabin
Oil on Linen, 8" x 6". My friend's cabin in the woods along the lady Deschutes river. Private collection
Waxing Gibbous
Oil on canvas, 36" x 36". The moon rises over the sagebrush and shortgrass covered high desert plateau. Private collection
Feeding Time
Acrylic on canvas, 48" x 15". Ibis and snowy egrets feeding on Sanibel Island. Available for purchase, framed
Late Summer on Hart Mountain
Oil on hardboard, 3" x 2.5". A bachelor pronghorn makes his way to the watering hole. Private collection.
Self-Portrait
Created with Adobe Photoshop. Self portrait of the artist. All photos and artwork included in this collage were created by the artist.