Friday, August 3, 2012

Springtime in Nauvoo 
9x12 Oil on Masonite 
$345 unframed
I had to paint this peaceful scene where once an industrious people thrived and built for a future that ended when they were driven from their homes in the middle of a bitter winter freeze so cold it froze the Mississippi solid enough to drive loaded wagons across.




Lost River Sunrise 16x20 Inches Oil on Canvas $960

The Big Lost River in Idaho meanders south through the Saw Tooth Mountains from north of Mackay until it becomes lost in the desert between Arco, and Craters of the Moon National Monument.  On a recent return to this valley where I grew up, I ventured out to find our favorite fishing and swimming hole, and stumbled on a “newcomer” basking in the morning sun.