Cougar

Another recent 18x24 that I've reworked the tones and values on too many times. It's ok but just not right.

Elk Hunters

Although I am not a big wolf fan because I think their reintroduction has been botched (too many in some areas that are eating all the other wildlife) I do think they are interesting to paint. This is one of those paintings that is good but that I will never be sure of. Why? I do not totally know. It is 16x20.

Thanks For The Memories

Recent 18x24 painting that turned out pretty well. Tried some backlighting on the bear and am especially pleased with that ethereal blue in the ice which I finally discovered is manganese blue to me. Nice to learn new things.

Island Lake

Recently completed I do like this small landscape, the first I've done without wildlife for awhile. It is 16x20. The photo makes it look somewhat more reddish than actual. Done from a photograph in a Tucker Smith book who is a great painter living in Pinedale, Wyoming. This is the Wind River Mountain Range.

The Last Apple

This is a 14x18 which Peg likes, hope you might too. Bob Kuhn painted some interesting black bears once in awhile so thought I would and it turned out well. As you might guess I left the apple out of the painting so you might have something to wonder about. Making you work a little for this one.

60 Below

This is a 16x20 of a wolverine which worked out very nicely. Kind of an unusual subject that I've rarely if ever seen painted by well known wildlife painters. Don't know why unless they only paint what they've seen and these animals are really rare. Ever seen one on a zoo? I've seen two, one north of McCall, Idaho and one in the Yukon on my trip there in 2005.

Wall Street

This is an 18x24 I recently finished in which I finally painted a decent cariboo. With recent financial disasters I decided to call it "Wall Street".