Picacho Peak Diesel 9x12 Oil

This was painted from a photo taken last year from inside the car on the freeway going 75mph. Ironically with the fast shutter you were actually able to count the lugnuts on the diesel especially since the resolution on the digital camera was so high. Anywho I painted this because it had a sense of urgency feeling, a feeling of going somewhere and as we didn't get to take our big family trip this year I could atleast paint a trip.

Caribbean Coast 8x10 round canvas

This is from St Thomas of the US Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. I did a 7 day carnival cruise down there visiting 6 islands in 2000. I'm pretty happy with this one. I'm not however happy with the photo of it. My beach sand is actually much lighter than turned out and in the photo it looks like the sand and chairs are blending together which bugs the crap out of me. I believe I got a good value experiment out of this. I've been practicing lately with my value contrasts

Sycamore Sunset 9x12 Oil

Yet more paintings of sycamore trees again in Harshaw, AZ. These were painting from photo's taken back in early February. My kids enjoyed the afternoon running around this old campsite my parents used to take me to. It was nearing sunset and the yellows were starting to show on the ground while blue was still in the sky. I was lucky enough to have a clear day being that we were down here the week before and it was blanketed in snow.

No Tresspassing 8x10 Oil

A large tree hang over a barbwire fence surrounding the property of a ranch in Harshaw, AZ. I rather enjoy this tree and you can see a winter leafless version of it further down.

Dirt Road 8x10 Oil

Sycamore tree in Patagonia, Arizona about a few miles north of Mexico. It was a beautiful warm summer day and the dirt road looks to go on forever. However it was a busy weekend as most of the camping sites were taken up by campers for Memorial Weekend.