Old Thunder

Being in the Dakota area, I thought it would be nice to paint an icon known by many.

Lady Steam

Influenced by the 'Steampunk' fascination ... with the allure of 'Women and Trains' ... I wanted to combine the two in a softer more romantic approach to this painting.

(dry pastels on watercolor paper)

Infinity Dance

Thanks to my friend Mary for supplying a photo of her sister ... I was able to create this visual poem of 'celebrating the forever'.

(dry pastels on watercolor paper)

Black Bear

Sorry little guy ... I can't help you find Momma.

(dry pastels on watercolor paper)

Night Owl

First there was a Snowy Owl in the morning ... Then a Day Owl in the woods ... Now we've got to have an Owl at night.

(dry pastels on watercolor paper)

Day Owl

I really like these creatures ...

My friend Jeff shot this picture on his property a while back, and thought I'd like to paint a portrait of a resting raptor during the day.

(dry pastels on watercolor paper)

Joy

I painted this as an experiment on Art as Real Life echoing Art.

My friend Kristin volunteered to model for this project.

(dry pastels on watercolor paper)

Here is the original painting done by Patty Haberman that inspired me.

Head First

A painting of a wild horse I did from one of Mary's Photos.

I like how she captured both dim and bright lights.

(dry pastels on black paper)

Mary's Orchid

My friend Mary is a wonderful photographer, and I painted this from one of her photos.

(dry pastels on black paper)

East Coast

Sunset from the Outer-Banks

(dry pastels on watercolor paper)