San Juan Blue – 40×30 Oil

San Juan Blue – 40×30 Oil. Cool blue morning in the San Juans. This latest addition to my Colorado mountain series explores the Sneffels range west of Ouray. Cirque mountain dominates the foreground with Teakettle and Potosi peaks resting in the distance. The quiet of the morning will soon give way to the brightness of the day, but not before we enjoy it from our front row seat. 

 

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Palisade Castle – 30×24 Oil

Palisade Castle – 30×24 Oil. Another bluebird spring day in Palisade. This latest addition to my Bookcliffs series explores the east end of the valley where wineries give way to the towering cliffs. The weight of the Bookcliffs is undeniable at this distance. Gently resting as both protective barrier and sentinel watching over the valley. 

 

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Sun Spot – 30×24 Oil

Sun Spot – 30×24 Oil. What if our eyes were adapted to see lower frequencies on the electromagnetic spectrum how would our experience of the world change if we could see thermal radiation? I wanted to further explore this idea with my latest painting. Even the simple things like enjoying the cool floor on a hot day come in to sharp relief.

 

 

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Low Frequency – 30×24 Oil

Low Frequency – 30×24 Oil. We only see part of what the world has to offer. If our eyes were adapted to see lower frequencies on the electromagnetic spectrum how would our experience of the world change? We can feel the high mountain morning cold on our skin, what if we could see the thermal radiation? The big horn I crossed paths with on a cold summer morning inspired this painting to explore that idea.

 

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Butterfly Park – 30×24 Oil

Butterfly Park – 30×24 Oil. The second painting in my butterfly series. Cresting the top of Moonshine Park I’m stopped in my tracks mesmerized by the butterflies delicately resting on wildflowers at the top of the meadow. The windless warm summer day sprawls out with Courthouse Mountain sleeping quietly in the distance. The serene silence blanketed by sunshine is only broken by my beating heart. It is moments like these that I feel compelled to capture in my paintings.

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Ouray Winter – 40×30 Oil

Ouray Winter – 40×30 Oil. Winter makes its first advance on the deep Ouray valley as witnessed from my Twin Peaks perch. The cold cloudless sky breaks for the sun, holding off the next winter storm, while town shrugs off the latest snow fall. The cold air stings my nose. I contemplate the Million Dollar Highway’s improbably route out of the valley and south through the Uncompahgre Gorge. The comforting silence of high altitude on a still day is eventually interrupted by the need to keep moving to stay warm.

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Above the Fall – 36×24 Oil

Above the Fall – 36×24 Oil. The view from the rim of the Bookcliffs above Palisade is always amazing. In late fall the setting sun cast deep shadows across the valley with the trees in full color. The Colorado River reflected the darkening blue sky in a perfect arc across the valley. I stopped in my tracks to take in the feeling so I could relive it with a painting. After capturing that brief moment I was off again to find my way before it was too dark.

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Red Mountain Morning II – 24×36 Oil

Red Mountain Morning II – 24×36 Oil. The morning sun on Red Mountain revisited as a tighter framed vertical view. Ironton Park rests in the valley as the deep morning shadows begin to give way to light. When I’m making the round trip up Horse Thief, across Bridge of Heaven, and back down Bear Creek I often stop here and take in the view. Every time I do, I see something new.

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St. Mary’s Medical Center

I am very happy to announce that my original oil, “Red Mountain Morning” along with a giclée print “Beyond” now belong to the St. Mary’s private collection. They can be seen on the 11th floor of the newly remodeled Century Tower of the St. Mary’s Medical Center at 2635 N 7th St in Grand Junction. The meditative quite of early morning sun creeping over the San Juan Mountains has always brought me a feeling of inner peace; hopefully these works will do the same for patients and staff of the new building.
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The Fall – 60×36 Oil

The Fall – 60×36 Oil. Best of all he love the fall, the leaves yellow and high blue windless sky. It’s the vanishing frontier out your backdoor on a crisp fall day in the high desert. Towering trees turned bright yellow, standing guard at the open mouth of a shaded canyon, inviting escape, inviting sanctuary.

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