Inspired by my trip through the beauty of California in 2018, here we see the last light of day fall across the Sierra Nevada range. Only the mountains and tree tops are illuminated as shadows sweep across the rest of the wild landscape.
Acrylic landscape: 14" x 17"
On a hazy day in late spring, flowers line the forest floor beneath towering, old trees. Wisteria, dandelions, and other blossoms scatter color among the sea of green in this fanciful view of a sprawling woodland on a very sunny day.
Acrylic painting: 14" x 17"
Sunset comes to Appalachia under a mackerel summer sky. In a gap between the clouds, the low sun blazes brightly, illuminating everything in rays of light and colors. Soon, night will fall over this wild realm, but for now, enjoy the sunset.
Acrylic painting: 14" x 17"
A look ahead a month or so into early spring, when the trees are leafing out, the dandelions are blooming, and the redbuds light up the woods with purple-pink flowers. Rain is plentiful, combined with snowmelt in the colder climates, resulting in a mix of soggy earth and sunny skies. It's beautiful to look at, but a mess to hike through if you leave the paved trails!
Acrylic painting: 14" x 17"
This was an odd painting that sort of drifted all over the place until I figured out what I wanted to do with it. Painting canyons is very difficult since they are frighteningly complex structures, and the snow just made it even more challenging. After a lot of muddling around and wondering if the painting was going to turn out, I was able to get some meaningful structure and contrast into the scene. I think the result is acceptable, though somewhat more abstract than most of my paintings.
Acrylic painting: 14" x 17"
2020 has not been a good year: catastrophic, climate-change driven wildfires from the western US to Australia, a deadly pandemic, and disturbing assaults on democracy. This painting is as much symbolic as it is artistic - a fitting scene for a terrible year, and an attempt to find some beauty in the wreckage left behind. A burnt forest, a discarded face mask, and clearing skies with a hope for a better future.
Acrylic painting: 14" x 17"
Along the shores of a slow-moving stream, fiery leaves of autumn glow on the trees on a clear, cool day. Their colors reflect in the water as the leaves fall like sparks, each slowly extinguished.
Acrylic painting: 14" x 17"
